COP26 was supposed to end by 6pm on Friday - but talks are expected to go on through the night and into Saturday afternoon.
A deadline to strike an agreement on climate change has been missed as talks at COP26 continue into the night.
Key sticking points include subsidies for coal and other fossil fuels, and financial help to poorer nations. Diplomats from small island nations threatened by rising sea levels said their land was fast disappearing. ‘And that if they can have the courage to do this deal, to agree the cover decision that’s on the table today then we will have a road map that will enable us to go forward and start to remove the threat of anthropogenic climate change.Climate activists protesting in fake blood during the official final day of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow
Scientists have warned that keeping temperature rises to 1.5C requires global emissions to be cut by 45% by 2030, and to zero overall by mid-century.
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