COP26 EXPLAINED

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COP26 EXPLAINED Securing a brighter future for our children and future generations requires countries to take urgent action at home and abroad to turn the tide on climate change. It is with ambition, courage and collaboration as we approach the crucial COP26 summit in the UK that we can seize this moment together, so we can recover cleaner, rebuild greener and restore our planet. PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BORIS JOHNSON 67COP26 EXPLAINEDThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought devastation to millions around the world, disrupting many parts of the global economy. Governments, including our own, have stepped up to protect lives and livelihoods. But climate change has continued, and it ultimately threatens life on countries begin to recover from the Coronavirus pandemic, we must take the historic opportunity to tackle climate change at the same time to build back better, and greener.

Most experts believe COP26 has a particular urgency. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION To understand why, it’s necessary to look back to another COP. COP21 took place in Paris in 2015. For the first time ever, something momentous happened: every country agreed to work together to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees and

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