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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (12595454g) Participants attend Climate Action for Health session during the tenth day of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC inside the COP26 venue - Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, Scotland on November 9, 2021. COP26, running from October 31 to November to 12 in Glasgow, is the most significant climate conference since the 2015 Paris summit as the nations are expected to set new greenhouse gas emission targets in order to slow the global warming, as well as firming up other key commitments. Day 10 Of COP26 UN Climate Conference In Glasgow, United Kingdom - 09 Nov 2021

COP26 could never be a true success without delivering climate justice

17 November 2021

To be effective, global action on climate change must be just. That means compensating Indigenous people, but also learning from them, writes Graham Lawton

An attendee during the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Climate negotiators at the COP26 summit were banking on the worlds most powerful leaders to give them a boost before they embark on two weeks of fraught discussions over who should do what to slow the rise in global temperatures. Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg via Getty Images

What difference will the COP26 climate summit make?

16 November 2021

Despite last-minute changes, the final agreement made at COP26 still amounts to an important ratcheting up of climate ambition

Flooding in Dayeuhkolot, Indonesia, last week.

Current COP26 climate plans would lead to 2.4°C of global warming

9 November 2021

An analysis of the pledges put forward by countries at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow so far finds that emissions by 2030 fall short of the cuts needed to limit warming to the Paris Agreement target of 1.5°C

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 05: US special envoy for climate, John Kerry speaks about finance commitments to the global crisis, during a press conference on day six of the Cop 26 Summit at the SEC on November 4, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Today COP26 will focus on elevating the voice of young people and demonstrating the critical role of public empowerment and education in climate action. The 2021 climate summit in Glasgow is the 26th

COP26: Climate summit mood is positive as first week draws to a close

5 November 2021

A blitz of announcements during the first week of the COP26 climate summit has been positively received, but the real hard work happens next week as almost 200 governments must agree a final deal

Delegates gather in a large room under a balloon with the Earth printed on it at the COP26 climate summit

Has COP26 put the world on track for holding global warming to 1.5°C?

3 November 2021

One analysis says that new pledges made at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, UK, have put the world on track for a 1.9°C of warming, but experts caution it takes a very optimistic view

TOPSHOT - A woman looks at wildfires tearing through a forest in the region of Chefchaouen in northern Morocco on August 15, 2021. - Firefighters were battling overnight to put out two forest blazes, a forestries official said as the North African kingdom swelters in a heatwave that saw temperatures of up to 49 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit) on the weekend, according to weather authorities. Morocco joins several other Mediterranean countries that have seen forest fires in recent weeks, including neighbouring Algeria where at least 90 people were killed in wildfires last week. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

COP26: Last seven years warmest on record, says UN climate report

31 October 2021

As the COP26 climate summit opens in Glasgow, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says global average temperatures have been 1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels for two decades

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 13: A general view of the Scottish Events Centre (SEC) on October 13, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. COP26 will officially begin on Sunday October 31 with the procedural opening of negotiations and finish on Monday November 12th. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

What to expect from the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

25 October 2021

The COP26 climate summit will be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November and will include more than 100 heads of state, who will hash out timetables to limit carbon emissions and address other issues such as adaptations to climate change

‘It’s anarchic’: Ed Miliband on what COP climate talks are really like

24 October 2021

Ed Miliband was the UK’s climate minister at the Copenhagen climate summit in 2009. He talks to Adam Vaughan about the anarchy that ensues during such big events ahead of COP26

Meet the key players and big names at the COP26 climate summit

21 October 2021

John Kerry and David Attenborough are some of the biggest names expected to attend the COP26 climate summit

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COP26: A moment for the world to truly confront the climate emergency

20 October 2021

The international climate summit in the UK is a big moment in the fight against global warming. In the spirit of optimism, we look forward to a successful outcome