COP26 today: Trudeau pushes carbon pricing; Lack of accessibility forced Israel minister to miss events
Prime Minister Justin Trudeauof the world’s greenhouse gas emissions covered by a price on pollution in 2030, during a speech at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow on Tuesday.
He started the first day with a speech calling on the rest of the world to follow Canada’s lead and negotiate a global minimum carbon price.World leaders gathered at the COP26 climate summitThe deal, which will be announced on Tuesday, has been signed by more than 100 leaders and includes a pledge of US$19.2-billion in public and private funding to help developing nations restore degraded land.
Karine Elharrar, who has muscular dystrophy, was forced to wait for two hours outside the Scottish Events Campus after organizers refused to let her in. She was offered a shuttle bus to the summit area but her office said the vehicle couldn’t accommodate a wheelchair, forcing her to return to her hotel in Edinburgh.
“We deeply regret that incident” said Britain’s Environment Secretary George Eustice who added that the government had apologized to Ms. Eliharrar.
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