Talks focussed on energy at the fifth day of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. The COP president says “the end of coal is in sight” and there’s a commitment by some countries to end public funding for unabated fossil fuels.
The president of the COP26 climate talks, Alok Sharma, likened financiers to the climate activist, Swampy.
Climate activists were prevented from attending a speech by Rishi Sunak at the COP26 conference after questioning him on tax breaks for fossil fuels.
The US president has said the leaders of China and Russia lost world influence by not coming to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
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DrillOrDrop has compiled extracts from some of the 60+ speeches made at the opening day of the World Leaders Summit at COP26 today.
President Xi of China will send a written statement to COP26, an official statement said this morning.
UK visa rules and a lack of access to Covid-19 vaccines has stopped some delegates from the front line of climate change attending the COP26 talks, campaigners said today.
Extreme weather, including heatwaves, droughts, floods and wildfires, are the new norm, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation.
Campaigners from across the world have arrived in Glasgow for the start of international climate talks tomorrow morning.
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