The COP26 draft agreement has urged world leaders to 'scale up' plans to support developing countries as Boris Johnson heads back to Glasgow for crunch talks. Follow Newsweek's liveblog for all the latest.
., suggesting the need to"revisit and strengthen" proposals.as activists express anger at the perceived failure of countries to agree to more radical measures.Climate business group urges countries to 'align with 1.5C'
We Mean Business, a non-profit which works with major global businesses and climate change organizations, has welcomed the draft agreement but said it does not go far enough.that she wants governments to"hear the call of hundreds of companies" pushing for measures to tackle global warming. Business welcomes that, for the first time at COP26, countries have included the need to accelerate the phase out of coal and fossil fuel subsidies in the latest draft text.
However, we now urge countries to align with limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C. We encourage parties to hear the call of hundreds of companies to phase out coal by 2030 in advanced economies and 2040 for other countries, and remove all fossil fuel subsidies by 2040. Business needs these specifics to go all in for scaling up renewable power.The draft agreement between countries at COP26 has warned that the planet is only 0.4C away from reaching the critical global warming target.
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