What are the key points of the Glasgow climate pact?
theguardian.comThe Cop26 climate conference finally came to an end on Saturday night, having overrun by a day. Here are the main points in the text agreed to by delegates.
Current national plans on cutting emissions by 2030, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), are inadequate to limit temperature rises to 1.5C, and according to analysis published during the talks would lead to a disastrous 2.4C of heating.
Only one major emitter – India – produced a new NDC at the talks, so the work of getting NDCs in line with a 1.5C goal was always going to stretch beyond the end of the Glasgow summit.
However, under the 2015 Paris agreement, nations are only required to return every five years to set new NDCs – and in 2025 are scheduled to discuss NDCs for
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