She addressed the crowd on Friday and described COP26 as “a failure.”The first week of the climate summit saw new pledges to tackle deforestation and to move away from coal. At least 105 countries signed an agreement to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, by 30 percent this decade. Major financial institutions said they would mobilize trillions of dollars to help shift the global economy toward cleaner energy. And that goal is not within reach even if all countries fulfill their current pledges. I am sorry about what he is going to have to put up with in the future.”

Source: New York Times November 06, 2021 23:48 UTC