Cop 26 and Glasgow - I Don't Know if I'll Succeed

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Isabelle: The hundred billion target is a very important symbolic target, because it does express the fact that we are all inlistd together. She says advanced economies have not been stepping up as much to help developing countries. What matters is unlockinga finance and directing finance into low carbon development, she adds. "I'm going to try to conclude ana positive no, but i don't know i'll succeed"

With the devastating effects of the climate emergency becoming more urgent by the day, the COP26 summit in Glasgow now represents a pivotal moment in global cooperation on the issue. Can anything meaningful be achieved without collaboration from the big players such as China, the US and the EU? Economist Linda Yueh is joined by journalist and environment specialist Isabel Hilton of China Dialogue plus Bloomberg News climate and energy reporter Akshat Rathi to answer this and get a primer on the big debates ahead.

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