COP26 has ended with an agreement, known as the Glasgow Climate Pact.
There will be a lot of debate as to whether 1.5 degrees is actually still alive.
However, there remains a significant emissions gap.
The vulnerable countries and the Climate Vulnerable Forum called for it to be the ‘Glasgow Climate Emergency Pact,’ but the final agreed name edited out the ’emergency’, so the ‘Glasgow Climate Pact’ was announced.
It urges developed countries to ‘fully deliver’ on that goal ‘urgently’ through 2025.
Scotland took a hugely symbolic step by being the first country to pledge money to a loss and damage fund: £2 million.
At another, it is not – the problem with the text was that the US, EU and Australia pushed for a text that did not reflect common but differentiated responsibility and the reality of phasing out coal for developing countries.
The UK will come under increasing criticism for its failure to join the alliance of countries fixing a date to phase out oil and gas production and for the large number of oil and gas projects in the pipeline, including the proposed Cumbria Coal Mine, the Cambo Oil Field and the Surrey Oil development at Horse Hill.
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