China Digs In on Coal While Greenpeace Slams U.S.: COP26 Update

摘要

The COP26 talks are running out of time, with key issues including climate finance and global carbon markets still unresolved before the summit’s scheduled end on Friday evening.Delegates are making plans for the conference to run into Saturday, yet Covid-related travel restrictions create complications for it to go much longer than that, raising the stakes over thenext 48 hours. Negotiators continue to plow through the draft text, and ministers are set to meet on finance tonight. China is signaling it won’t support a phase-out of coal or frequentnew climate pledges.