COP26 produces a climate deal

Published November 13, 2021 8:20pm ET



World leaders from nearly 200 countries have struck a deal at the COP26 climate change conference, a hard-fought victory after two weeks of discussion.

The agreement reached Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland, pushes countries to phase down “unabated” coal power across the world and to phase out “inefficient” subsidies for fossil fuels. The deal marks the first time the need to limit the consumption of fossil fuels has been mentioned in a global climate agreement despite their responsibility for warming the planet.

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