After two weeks of talks that blew 30 hours past deadline, a deal has been struck at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The Glasgow Climate Pact is the first climate deal to explicitly plan to reduce coal. Meanwhile developing countries say the doubling of financial support to adapt to climate change is a step but nowhere near enough. "There is need for them them to paid out for that by the [rich] countries that [caused the damage]." 'It's done a workman-like job' - former NZ Climate Ambassador and Kyoto chairFormer New Zealand climate change ambassador Adrian Macey said if he was in charge of this summit he would be satisfied with the result.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 14, 2021 06:04 UTC