Here's everything you need to know about the COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow this November, and what world leaders hope to achieve
A state-of-the-science report published by the UN in August showed that the world is warming faster than scientists previously thought, and that slashing greenhouse gas emissions by at least half this decade is crucial to staving off the more catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis. This past year of deadly wildfires and floods in many parts of the world has left little doubt that climate change is here now, and is touching all corners of the Earth.
"The problem with net zero targets, both by companies and by a range of governments, is that many of them are really vague and there's a risk that it becomes sort of a cover for business as usual," said Aditi Sen, the climate policy lead at Oxfam America."What really gets us to 1.5 degrees is aggressively cutting emissions now, over the next nine years."There are renewable and green alternatives to many of the biggest sources of emissions.
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