BREAKING: COP26 has officially adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact, a 10-page document that lays out the groundwork for how the world will attempt to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.
that lays out the groundwork for how the world will attempt to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.COP26 President Alok Sharma attends the Closing Plenary of the COP26 Climate Summit at SECC, Nov. 13, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Countries continue to dispute who bears the financial burden of climate action and the deadlines for carbon emissions reductions. Some disagreements also took place over the semantics of the draft as representatives argued over whether"requests" or"urges" was a better fit when talking about climate goals.
They say it is unfair for rich countries who built their economies on fossil fuels to tell developing countries what to do without recognizing that historical responsibility. Uganda's Vanessa Nakate emphasized that any additional global temperature warming could lead to more suffering in her country.
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