Climate conference recap

 The Prime Minister has welcomed the historic climate agreement secured at COP26 in Glasgow to keep 1.5 degrees alive and protect our planet for future generations. 


  • The nations attending COP 26 were asked to come together for our planet and to make history at COP26, they have answered that call – with an historic agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.
  • The Glasgow Climate Pact is the first ever global agreement in which every country has signed up to phase down unabated coal – the dirtiest fossil fuel. It also delivers a plan to scale up support for developing countries to adapt to climate change – and requires countries to come back with stronger targets to cut emissions even more by the end of next year. 
  • This agreement builds on the progress made on coal, cars, cash and trees throughout the summit: 
  1. On coal. 65 countries have now committed to phasing out the use of coal power, and all major coal financing countries have committed to end international coal finance by the end of 2021.
  2. On cars. Over 30 countries and some of the world’s largest car makers committed to make all new car sales zero emission by 2040, and by 2035 in leading markets.
  3. On Cash. More finance has been mobilised to support climate action in developing countries than ever before – bringing us closer to the $100 billion annual climate finance target next year and ensuring we will exceed it after that.
  4. On Trees. More than 130 leaders, representing over 90 per cent of the world’s forests, pledged at COP26 to end deforestation by 2030.

  • There is still a huge amount more to do in the coming years – but we will look back on COP26 as the beginning of the end of climate change.

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