World leaders agreed to cut methane emissions and end deforestation at today’s session of COP26 in Glasgow. President Biden criticised China and Russia for missing the climate talks. And Boris Johnson said the eyes of the world were now on the negotiators.
The US president has said the leaders of China and Russia lost world influence by not coming to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
A US/EU initiative to cut the powerful greenhouse gas, methane, will focus on the oil and gas industry, it was revealed today.
Climate campaigners interrupted a speech this morning by Nicolò Aggogeri, the managing director of the Italian oil company, Eni.
More than 100 world leaders have promised to stop and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade.
DrillOrDrop has compiled extracts from some of the 60+ speeches made at the opening day of the World Leaders Summit at COP26 today.
Opponents of oil operations in the Lincolnshire Wolds were celebrating tonight after councillors refused planning permission for long-term extraction.
As world leaders in Glasgow pledged this afternoon to cut carbon emissions, councillors 300 miles away blocked plans for long-term onshore oil production in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Campaigners said this morning that a climate camp on land proposed for gas exploration in Surrey had been cleared by bailiffs.
President Xi of China will send a written statement to COP26, an official statement said this morning.
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