COP26 Live Blog – Wednesday 10th November
14:13
A SUMMARY OF THE DAY SO FAR
- A draft of the COP26 negotiation outcome has been published overnight. Although the reaction has been largely negative, but there are some areas where progress has been made.
- On transport day, protesters have been pushing for better public transport and a greater focus on sustainable transport modes, such as cycling and walking.
14:08
- A new poll has found that concern for the environment among the UK public has hit an all time high with more than 40% of the UK population putting it in their top three issues facing the country.
14:01
- UK PM Boris Johnson has arrived in Glasgow ahead of his speech at 4:30pm.
11:52
- More than 40 countries are dedicated to move away from coal – however the worlds biggest users like the USA and China did not sign up.
11:50
- PM Boris Johnson said “Negotiating teams are doing the hard yards in these final days of COP26 to turn promises into action on climate change. There’s still much to do”.
11:47
- The document also calls on countries to speed up their transition out of using coal, however there is no clear dates for when this should be achieved.
- Despite the promises made at COP26, the planet is still heading for 2.4C of warming- according to a Climate Action Tracker.
11:42
- Scientists have warned that keeping temperature rises to 1.5C requires global emissions to be cut by 45% by 2030 and to zero overall by mid-century.
11:37
- A first draft of an agreement setting out how countries will cut emissions to avoid temperature rises above 1.5C has been published.
- The document says meeting the goal to limit global warming to 1.5C needs meaningful and effective action in “this critical decade”
Sources
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-59226174
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2021/nov/10/cop26-live-news-reaction-to-draft-agreement-as-conference-focuses-on-transport
