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Glasgow Climate Summit

The COP26 summit could be the last chance the world has of reaching a collective response to global warming and halting the catastrophic effects of climate change. Over two weeks in Glasgow, nearly 200 nations will debate the steps that must be taken to end the climate crisis. The decisions they make will shape our lives and those of generations to come.

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COP26 President Alok Sharma breaks down in tears after a last-minute change weakened the summit’s position on coal.

‘Fragile win’: COP26 Glasgow’s pledge to end coal power weakened in final compromise

A last-minute intervention by India succeeded in watering down the language to “phase down” coal, promoting disappointment and anger from many nations.

  • by Nick O'Malley and Bevan Shields
US climate envoy during the final moments of the Glasgow climate summit.

The room where it happened: the dramatic final hours behind the Glasgow Climate Pact

The sausage was being made before our eyes - and the process was not particularly palatable. 

  • by Bevan Shields

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