COP26: Countries urged to strengthen climate commitments in draft treaty
The first version of the COP26 climate agreement was published this morning with calls for countries to do more to cut carbon emissions.
The first version of the COP26 climate agreement was published this morning with calls for countries to do more to cut carbon emissions.
The first draft has been published of a text for the COP26 talks in Glasgow.
On the day that the climate conference focused on young people , Greta Thunberg told thousands of people at a rally in Glasgow that COP26 was a failure.
The Swedish climate campaigner, Greta Thunberg, told thousands of people in Glasgow this afternoon that the COP26 conference had turned into a PR event and a global green wash festival.
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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