Cop26 One Year On How Much Progress Has Been Made Cop27
The Glasgow conference yielded collective pledges by governments to “phase out” carbon use, limit deforestation, advance rehabilitation to developing countries hit hardest by floods, heatwaves and droughts and return next year with more ambitious reduction targets of emissions. While the proliferation of clean energy is likely to have averted the apocalyptic climate meltdown, where the world is warming by an average of 4-5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial times, a series of UN reports has made it clear that the world is lagging far behind....