The meeting comes as part of the United Nations General Assembly which is taking place in New York where Joe Biden is expected to make his keynote speech today. Politico's Emilio Casalicchio, reports that Boris Johnson is hoping the President will roughly double the US's commitment on climate finance after Mr Johnson launched an attack on world leaders saying "nowhere near enough" is being done to tackle the crisis.

       Whilst in New York the Prime Minister also met with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos who pledged to give away $1 billion in grants to focus efforts around conservation.

       The two also agreed to work together in the lead-up to the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November to see "what more could be done in the run up", Downing Street confirmed.

       The Prime Minister will also hold a meeting in New York today with US investors before meeting Vice President Kamala Harris.

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