COP26 climate summit gears up for rocky conclusion

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 13, 2021 12:21 am

GLASGOW, United Kingdom: United Nations climate talks headed toward a rocky conclusion on Friday (Saturday in Manila) after two weeks of fraught debate failed to resolve several key disputes or produce the emissions cutting plans needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celcius.

'The world is watching us,' COP26 President Alok Sharma told delegates charged with keeping the Paris Agreement temperature goals alive even as climate-driven disasters hit countries the world over.

FINISHING UP Climate activists and delegates take part in a demonstration outside a hall ahead of a plenary session during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 (November 12 in Manila). Climate promises from nations at COP26 ring "hollow while they continue to invest in oil, gas and coal, UN chief António Guterres said on Thursday, as the summit struggles to make headway on its goal to halt devastating warming. AFP PHOTO

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