Boris and Carey walk Rome’s iconic Spanish Steps ahead of G20 summit

Boris and Carrie Johnson Walked on Rome’s iconic Spanish Steps last night before the G20 summit.

Mr Johnson warns world leaders ‘the future of civilization is at stake’ and compares Climate change As he reached the Italian capital yesterday, for the fall of the Roman Empire.

The couple enjoyed views of Rome as they walked the Spanish Steps last night, ahead of the G20 summit starting today.

The prime minister gave an apocalyptic vision of the future and said society could return to the dark ages with ‘terrible’ pace, as he desperately tried to build momentum ahead of the COP26 summit next week.

Mr Johnson made an extraordinary warning that generations to come could fall into illiteracy – and even suggested culling the cows.

He argued that after the fall of Rome, civilization also lost its ability to draw properly – adding that ‘our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren’ could face shortages of food and water.

At one point, Mrs. Johnson knelt on the stairs while her husband looked around.

The prime minister yesterday gave an apocalyptic vision of the future and said society could return to the dark ages with ‘terrible’ pace, as he desperately tried to build momentum ahead of the COP26 summit next week.

The comments came amid fears that the Glasgow gathering could end as a damp squib.

Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jinping has confirmed that he will not attend the event in person, although he will deliver a speech by video link.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is also away from the summit along with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro.

Speaking to reporters on the way to the G20, Mr Johnson said: ‘Humanity, as a whole, is down about 5-1 at half-time.

‘We have a long way to go but we can do it.

‘We have the ability to level up, save the situation, come back, but it will take a huge amount of effort.’

In a lengthy description of the tragedy of the Roman Empire, Mr Johnson said, ‘Things can go backwards and forward.

‘Unless we have this right to tackle climate change, we can see our civilization, our world going backwards and we can pass on to future generations a life that is far less than our own. be acceptable.

Boris made the remarks on his arrival in the Eternal City for the G20 summit, where he is doing his best to support a successful agreement to be reached at COP26.

The prime minister is said to have become more environmentally conscious since meeting his wife, Carrie Johnson (pictured).

COP26 begins in Glasgow on Sunday and will build on agreements made at the 2015 Paris climate summit, where nations agreed to try to keep global warming below 1.5C.

The prime minister’s remarks come at a time when some have claimed that the absence of the prime ministers of China and Russia would make COP26 a damp squid.

He continued: ‘We can send our children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren to a life in which there is not only large populations and massive migrations, but also conflicts due to food shortages, water shortages, climate change. Be. And there is no doubt that this is a reality that we must face.’

Mr Johnson said humanity became ‘much less literate’ after Roman civilization.

‘Look at the evidence of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, if you doubt what I say, when Rome collapsed humanity as a whole became much less literate, people lost the ability to read and write properly Lost the ability to draw, they lost the ability to build like the Romans.’

He said: ‘Things can go backwards and they can go backwards at a really terrifying speed.’

COP26 will begin at Glasgow’s Scottish Events Campus (SEC) on Sunday and welcome 30,000 delegates, 10,000 police and more than 200,000 protesters for the 13-day conference.