UN climate conference hires ex-Boris Johnson aide who opposed oil and gas tax

The organisers of this year’s UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirates have hired a controversial former Downing Street aide to Boris Johnson, prompting concern among some environmentalists.

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...Mohamed Adow, director of Power Shift Africa, a Nairobi-based climate and energy think-tank, said Canzini’s appointment posed “a real danger to global efforts to tackle climate change and the credibility of the summit”.