2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, was the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference. It is being held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, between 31 October and 12 November 2021.^[1] The conference is the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the third meeting of the parties to the Paris Agreement.

This conference is the first time that parties will commit to lower greenhouse gas emissions and the raising temperatures of climate change.^[2]

It was supposed to be held in November 2020, but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

On 1 September 2021, the first pledges and the first meeting of COP26 had started.

References.

↑ "New dates agreed for COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference". UK Government. 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
↑ Fedson, Nick (21 August 2019). "The Importance of COP26". The Energy Compass. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
↑ Dennis, Brady; Mooney, Chris. "Amid pandemic, U.N. cancels global climate conference". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/04/01/un-climate-coronavirus-cop26/. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (left) and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) in London at the launch of COP26 in February 2020, prior to it being postponed a year
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at COP26
From left to right: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at COP26
Global carbon dioxide emissions by jurisdiction (as of 2015). China said its Template:CO2 emissions should peak by 2030 and then decline.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo promised to end and reverse deforestation in Indonesia by 2030
Brazil, home to 60% of the Amazon rainforest, promised to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030. (National Confederation of Industry virtual cast from Brasilia on 3 September 2021)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden at COP26
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at COP26
Avanti West Coast Class 390 in COP26 Climate livery departs from London Euston.
A sign at a Fridays for Future protest in Milan, Italy, on 1 October 2021 (basta means 'enough')