India’s last-minute coal defence at COP26 hid role of China, US
Glasgow | More than two weeks of global climate negotiations came down in the end to India watering down language on the use of coal. But the visible resistance from India on the final text of the Glasgow Climate Pact helped to conceal the role played by China and even the US in the weakened outcome.
A dramatic process of revision to the final text unfolded in the closing minutes of talks on Saturday (Sunday AEDT), before COP26 president Alok Sharma could bring down the gavel, all surrounding a single paragraph.
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