And we might not get the agreements that we need. "It's gonna be very, very tough this summit. Speaking to schoolchildren in London, Johnson said he was "very worried" about the success of COP26. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the host of COP26, was also pessimistic about the chances of success earlier this week. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also said this week he will not support a push to set an end date for coal mining and coal-fired power stations. That suggests the final leaders' communique may be a watered-down version of what climate activists have been demanding. The success of COP26 - billed by some climate activists as "the last best chance" to set the world on a path to a lower-emissions future - may very well depend on what comes out of the G20, since member countries represent more than 80 per cent of the global economy.Īs of Friday, there is no consensus among the G20 nations on two climate-related agenda items: an agreement to hold global temperature increases to 1.5 C (climate scientists working for the UN have said current global reduction commitments will result in a 2.7 C temperature spike, a catastrophic increase) and a complete phaseout of coal by mid-century.Īt an earlier G20 summit with environment ministers in Naples, Italy, representatives of countries like China, India, Russia and Saudi Arabia balked at these proposals.
Have questions about COP26 or climate science, policy or politics? Email us. The meeting is also a chance for world leaders to address the continuing COVID-19 health crisis - developing countries remain largely unvaccinated - and the resulting economic fallout from pandemic-fuelled inflation and supply chain disruptions. Some countries may turn out to be laggards.
That's where countries are expected to reaffirm past emissions reduction targets or - in the case of the developed world - top what was promised six years ago at the Paris talks while presenting concrete plans to make it happen.
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