'Success is entirely possible': COP26 opens amid flurry of fresh national climate pledges

Michael Holder
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Patricia Espinosa delivering her speech at the opening of COP26 in Glasgow | Credit: UNFCCC
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Patricia Espinosa delivering her speech at the opening of COP26 in Glasgow | Credit: UNFCCC

Alok Sharma officially takes over mantle as COP26 President as he calls for 'ever increasing ambition' over the next decade

UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa today proclaimed that "success is entirely possible" in Glasgow, as the long-delayed COP26 UN Climate Summit kicked off on a cautiously-optimistic note amid a flurry...

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