The key announcements from Cop26 as Boris Johnson 'cautiously optimistic'

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Boris Johnson has welcomed a series of announcements made at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow after 48 hours of crunch talks.

At a press briefing this afternoon, the UK prime minister said he was "cautiously optimistic" after the first two days of the UN climate conference.

But he warned that there was still a long way to go and that commitments made by world leaders at Cop26 would be useless unless they are followed up with action. READ MORE: Cop26 is seen as a crucial moment for countries to deliver on pledges made in Paris six years ago to limit temperature rises to 1.5C.

Recalling a football reference he made before the G20 meeting in Rome where he said they were "5-1 down in the match between humanity and climate change", Mr