COP26 draft asks countries to upgrade climate goals in 2022
US climate envoy John Kerry gestures as he speaks during a joint China and US statement on a declaration enhancing climate action, at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Britain, November 10 2021. Picture: JEFF J MITCHELL/REUTERS
"Together we set out our support for a successful COP26, including certain elements which will promote ambition," Kerry told a news conference about the deal between Washington and Beijing."Every step matters right now and we have a long journey ahead of us." Securing the deal has a political victory for U.S. President Joe Biden, who sought to restore Washington's leadership on climate after former president Donald Trump withdrew from a global pact to combat it.
That aspirational target was set at the landmark 2015 Paris accord. Since then, scientific evidence has grown that crossing the 1.5°C threshold would unleash significantly worse sea level rises, floods, droughts, wildfires and storms than those already occurring, with irreversible consequences. As delegations locked horns over wording of the final statement, another Glasgow pledge saw a group of countries, companies and cities committing to phase out fossil-fuel vehicles by 2040.
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