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What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

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Here’s what’s happening behind closed doors and why people are concerned that COP26 might not meet its goals. What is COP26? That agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F), to avoid catastrophic climate change. COP26 stands for the 26th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

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Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place. Climate Change. Sponsored Article. As the U.K. Shipping & Logistics. Corporate Strategy.

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