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Climate Corner

COP26:
By Munira Fidai December 2021

EVERYTHING YOU

NEED TO KNOW

The UN Climate Change
Conference took place in Glasgow
from the 1st till the 12th of
November, 2021. The conference
was made even more important in
light and hindsight of the
COVID-19 pandemic. This year,
COP26 was all about building a
zero-carbon future which is
sustainable and resilient, and one
in which non-state actors will
share a key role.
The world signed off on a new
climate change agreement that is
once again wrought with promises
and ambitious targets. After
heated and intense negotiations
and compromises behind closed
doors, some countries took on
more ambitious targets to reduce
world carbon emissions and some
took on a lot less responsibility
than expected. Still, experts
believe that a lot depends on
whether the world leaders follow
through on their word to keep
global greenhouse gas emissions
under control. The situation is
dire. In order to limit the global
rise in temperature to 1.5% by year
2100, the world needs to make a
collective effort to reduce gas
emissions by 45% in the next 9
years - a mammoth task.

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