The UN's COP26 climate talks scheduled for November will be delayed in response to the coronavirus pandemic
Global climate talks scheduled for November will be delayed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to an official familiar with the plans and text of the decision seen by POLITICO.
Most countries are far behind in meeting the national commitments they made as part of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the first global pact of countries to address climate change. The Glasgow conference was designed to ratchet up pressure on nations to reach those marks while simultaneously setting more ambitious goals.
The note added that the U.N. and the British government "agreed to work closely with the COP Bureau members over the next few weeks to identify a suitable date for COP26." As the coronavirus rattled countries around the world, it became clear that governments would be too stretched to focus on climate goals amid immediate public health and economic concerns.
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