
“Where Paris promised, Glasgow must deliver” Alok sharmasaid the British politician who is president of the conference on Sunday at the formal opening of the meeting.īut the reality is that leaders are aware that this will not be the case. A banner that reads: “The world is watching you, COP26” greets arrivals at the airport. Glasgow will be the first time since nations agreed in 2015 to curb emissions that leaders have been asked to increase their targets.Įxpectations for him Glasgow Summit They are tall. At that point, effects such as rising sea levels, devastated crop yields, and the death of coral reefs become irreversible. The goal of the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN climate convention, or COP26, is to galvanize world leaders to cut global warming emissions enough to prevent temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial levels.
