COP26: Climate summit mood is positive as first week draws to a close
A blitz of bulletins through the first week of the COP26 local weather summit has been positively acquired, however the true arduous work occurs subsequent week as virtually 200 governments should agree a ultimate deal
Setting
| Evaluation
5 November 2021
US local weather envoy John Kerry on the COP26 summit in Glasgow, UK Ian Forsyth/Getty Photographs
It has been first week for COP26. The beginning of the local weather summit in Glasgow, UK, has been blessed by glitzy speeches, shiny offers and little public bickering.
However how good? We have now already had three assessments of what all of the commitments add as much as – from a workforce on the College of Melbourne in Australia, the Worldwide Power Company (IEA) and the UN’s personal local weather physique.
The primary two mentioned we are actually on track for a …