COP26 agrees deal after coal backdown

By Elizabeth Piper, Valerie Volcovici and Jake Spring
Updated November 14 2021 - 7:10am, first published 7:07am
US climate envoy John Kerry and Chinese negotiator Xie Zhenhua have been seen in talks at COP26.
US climate envoy John Kerry and Chinese negotiator Xie Zhenhua have been seen in talks at COP26.

United Nations climate talks in Scotland have ended with a global agreement that aims at least to keep alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5C, and so maintain a realistic chance of saving the world from catastrophic climate change.

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