COP26: What is the Glasgow climate conference and why is it important?
BBC • September 24, 2021
What is COP26 and why is it happening?
The world is warming because of fossil fuel emissions caused by humans.
Extreme weather events linked to climate change - including heatwaves, floods and forest fires - are intensifying. The past decade was the warmest on record, and governments agree urgent collective action is needed.
For this conference, 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions by 2030.
They all agreed in 2015 to make changes to keep global warming "well below" 2C above pre-industrial levels - and to try aim for 1.5C - so that we avoid a climate catastrophe.
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