COP26

COP26 results in global agreement on climate change, but lacks concrete action

COP26 results in global agreement on climate change, but lacks concrete action

The 26th Conference of the Parties, also referred to as the COP26, was held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 after being delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COP was created by the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, a treaty signed in 1992, according to New Scientist. This year’s conference took place in Glasgow, Scotland, in partnership with Italy, where pre-COP events were held, according to the COP website. The COP26 is part of multiple larger U.N. treaties, including the COP, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, which was created during the COP21, according to the COP26 final briefing. The Washington Post reported that nearly 200 countries were involved in the COP26. It brought nations together to focus on mitigating climate change and preventing warming over 1.5 degrees Celsius. However, from Al-Jazeera to CNBC, many major news publications have expressed that the COP26 failed to develop concrete plans to reach that goal.