Channel 4 News has confirmed that the world’s first ever TV election debate dedicated to climate change will go ahead this Thursday, giving voters the perfect opportunity to see who has the most credible plan to cut carbon emissions.

But while the leaders of Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and the Scottish National Party have promised to attend, Boris Johnson of the Conservatives is still yet to commit and faces an “empty chair”, while the Brexit party has refused.

Many commentators have dubbed this the Climate Election. Barely …