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Looking ahead to the Climate Ambition Summit 2020

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Specifically, we are calling for: New, more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs); Long-Term Strategies setting out a pathway to net zero emissions; Climate finance commitments to support the most vulnerable; And crucially, ambitious adaptation plans and underlying policies.

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COP27: Climate talks in race against time as Egypt sketches out rough agreement

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COP Summits rarely, if ever, finish on time, but seasoned observers have warned the current talks appear to be badly behind schedule. In contrast, developing nations are continuing to push for a well-funded new funding package focused on Loss and Damage to be introduced with near immediate effect.

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UK intent on holding 'physical' COP26 summit in Glasgow, Alok Sharma insists

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COP26 President reiterates that he has strong support across cabinet for net zero agenda, despite mixed green policy messaging in recent weeks. I want to put on the record that we are very keen that we ensure we are delivering a physical COP at Glasgow," he said.

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'Coal, cars, cash, trees': Boris Johnson sets out priorities for COP26

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New four word slogan captures government's ambitions for Glasgow Summit, as Tory backbench opposition to climate policies continues to swell. The comments came as Number 10's preparations for COP26 faced fresh logistical and political challenges. We lack only one thing and that is time, we must accelerate the global transformation.".

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'Overdelivered on the politics, but underdelivered on the science': The experts' take on COP26

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Business and policy leaders reflect on the major wins from the Glasgow Summit, what needs to happen next, and why COPs could look and feel difficult from now on. As Frontier Economics' Matthew Bell put it, Glasgow was arguably the first COP conference where the means to decarbonise were discussed alongside the end goals.

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COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit poised for full year delay

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These concerns were further amplified by significant logistical challenges, including the fact the planned conference venue in Glasgow has been converted into a temporary field hospital. The Chinese government is currently understood to be exploring new dates for the Summit in the first half of 2021.

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Keeping 1.5C alive: Is COP26 on track to deliver on its goals?

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"We still have a huge gap," between the promises made by the almost 200 countries who signed up to the Paris Agreement and national targets and policies, explains Niklas Höhne, founding partner of the New Climate Institute in Germany. above pre-industrial times by 2100 based on existing policies. Pull together'.