Backtracking coal targets a COP26 failure, but summit still brings hope

What two weeks together arguing about climate issues did for the key delegates at Glasgow was to create a pressure-cooker atmosphere in which hard positions softened and movement finally became possible.

Opinion
BY GWYNNE DYER
November 16, 2021

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2021

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