COP26 | Climate Conference In Glasgow Begins Hot Phase
The world climate summit is in the second week of negotiations, but not only activists are skeptical. Heads of government also fear the joint final declaration. Accompanied by mass protests, the World Climate Conference in Glasgow is entering its second and decisive week. Several politicians, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Acting Chancellor Angela Merkel, have acknowledged the urgency of the round of negotiations. However, many climate activists remain skeptical that the representatives of around 200 countries in the world will actually take effective steps at their summit to stop global warming. By Friday afternoon, the participating states want to have a so-called rule book ready in Glasgow, which specifies how the Paris climate protection agreement of 2015 is to be implemented in concrete terms. With this, the states hope to reduce global warming to well below two degrees compared to the pre-industrial age. Progress in the first week of the conference would have ...