COP26 and climate changeDelayed for a year due to the global pandemic, politicians and experts alike gathered in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP26. The aim was to strengthen climate change mitigation efforts set out in the Paris Agreement signed six years earlier. Delegates talk during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow on Nov. 13, 2021. Nearly 200 countries signed on to an agreement setting out targets to mitigate climate change, but critics say it doesn't go far enough. The conference was criticized for doing too little to address climate change.

Source: CBC News January 04, 2022 16:25 UTC