Cop 26: What Happens in Europe Doesn't End in Europe?

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AndrÃ¼: The most important thing to do is to give as much education as possible. Leaders must understand that loss and damage is here with us right now. They have to put loss and damage on their gender, and they have to give them money for communities that are already experiencing loss and damage. We want the climate justice to have people at the centre of the cisions of the leaders. No more empty promises. It's time to show us the money. And don't forget to listen to the most affected people. There was quite a powerful moment there. I think it is really the people in ower ar, the people who are continuing to construct or pipe planes,.

In 2015, delegates from 196 nations entered into the legally binding treaty on climate change known as the Paris Agreement, which set a goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.” Yet in August of this year, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new assessment report that starkly illustrated the world’s collective failure to meet that target. Delegates from across the globe have just met in Glasgow for the international climate summit known as COP26, with the hope of strengthening commitments to keep emissions targets at that 1.5 degree level.

After two weeks of negotiations, presentations and protests in Glasgow, COP26 is a wrap. This week we discuss what was achieved - and what wasn’t - at the summit.

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Guests:

Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan climate activist

Jiang Lin, Adjunct Professor, University of California Berkeley

Albert Cheung, Head of Global Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

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