During a speech delivered to the press in London's Downing Street briefing room, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that the UK will soften policies aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 while confirming that "we will meet our international agreements, including the critical promises in Paris and Glasgow to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees". "We can adopt a more pragmatic, proportionate and realistic approach to meeting net zero that eases the burdens on families", he states. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES