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COP26 Live Blog: Glasgow Summit awaits 'near final' texts

BusinessGreen staff

11 November 2021 • 1 min read

COP26 President Alok Sharma addresses delegates on 9 November | Credit: COP26

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COP26 President Alok Sharma addresses delegates on 9 November | Credit: COP26

The last two official days of the COP26 Climate Summit are set to be gruelling for negotiating teams and ministers, as they work through the night to clinch consensus from overtired delegations. The talks...

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