The UK government is considering how to use Covid-19 vaccines and testing to try to ensure vital UN climate talks this year go ahead in person, rather than as an online event. Representatives from many developing countries have spoken of concerns that an online Cop would fail to produce the pressure on countries needed to make them strengthen their goals. They are also worried that developing countries would be less able to take part in a virtual conference, and that the negotiations would be unfair. We are exploring every possible Covid measure, including testing and vaccines, for Cop26 to go ahead safely.”Greta Thunberg has threatened to boycott Cop26 unless more is done to ensure the distribution of vaccines throughout the developing world. “With the extremely inequitable vaccine distribution I will not attend the Cop26 conference if the development continues as it is now,” she said last month.

Source: The Guardian May 14, 2021 12:22 UTC