COP 26: GLASGOW CLIMATE CONFERENCE

The UK is hosting the UN Summit on Climate in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November 2021.

 Nearly 200 countries will be participating in the conference with their plans to cut emissions that affect the global climate by 2030.

 All the countries in the Paris Agreement Meeting agreed in 2015 to make all efforts to keep global warming well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and to aim for 1.5C to avoid a climate disaster.

In the Glasgow summit, world leaders and member countries’ representatives are expected to declare announcements that could include specific commitments for this planet’s future.

Earlier rich countries promised $100billion a year to help others by 2020 but the target was not seen materialized.

Will the major fossil fuel producers like China declare a reduction in production of the most polluting coal?

Only a few countries have updated their climate goals as per Paris Accord and announced the deadline for phasing out coal to achieve “Net Zero” carbon emission target by 2050.

The UN Report released on 26 October 2021 ahead of the UN Climate Summit at Glasgow is a wake-up call to the whole world.

The UN Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report-2021: The Heat is on warns the catastrophic global temperature rise of 2.7 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Meanwhile  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the Glasgow Summit on 31 October and is expected to launch the “one world, one solar, one grid” initiative along with UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.