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The UK will host major UN climate talks in Glasgow in November 2020, the Scottish government has said. Glasgow will host UN climate talks in November 2020, the Scottish government has said.
The COP26 meeting is the most important round of talks since the global Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis was secured in two weeks of negotiations in the French capital in 2015.The COP26 meeting is the most important round of talks since the global Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis was secured in two weeks of negotiations in the French capital in 2015.
The Scottish climate change secretary, Roseanna Cunningham, said: “I am pleased that Glasgow has been confirmed as the host city of COP26, now that the joint UK and Italy bid to host the summit has been approved.”The Scottish climate change secretary, Roseanna Cunningham, said: “I am pleased that Glasgow has been confirmed as the host city of COP26, now that the joint UK and Italy bid to host the summit has been approved.”
Next year’s talks mark the full adoption of the Paris agreement and the date by which countries are expected to come forward with stronger emissions cuts to meet the goals of the deal. The talks mark the full adoption of the Paris agreement and the date by which countries are expected to come forward with stronger emissions cuts to meet the goals of the deal.
Laurence Tubiana, one of the main architects of the Paris agreement and chief executive of the European Climate Foundation, said: “The 2020 COP is the most important UN climate summit since COP21 in France in 2015. It is the moment at which countries commit to raising their climate ambition and setting out concrete, credible plans to put the world on a path that limits warming to 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels]. Laurence Tubiana, one of the main architects of the Paris agreement and the chief executive of the European Climate Foundation, said: “The 2020 COP is the most important UN climate summit since COP21 in France in 2015. It is the moment at which countries commit to raising their climate ambition and setting out concrete, credible plans to put the world on a path that limits warming to 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels].
“I therefore welcome the decision to award the United Kingdom the right to host COP26, which can use and build upon its long record of climate leadership, recently resulting in the UK becoming the first major economy to legislate for net zero.“I therefore welcome the decision to award the United Kingdom the right to host COP26, which can use and build upon its long record of climate leadership, recently resulting in the UK becoming the first major economy to legislate for net zero.
“Drawing on its own experience, as well as its considerable diplomatic experience on the world stage, the UK has the opportunity to inspire the rest of the world to target net zero emissions. That being said, the COP cannot rely solely on the leadership of one country. This is a summit where Europe as a whole will need to step up and show climate leadership.”“Drawing on its own experience, as well as its considerable diplomatic experience on the world stage, the UK has the opportunity to inspire the rest of the world to target net zero emissions. That being said, the COP cannot rely solely on the leadership of one country. This is a summit where Europe as a whole will need to step up and show climate leadership.”
Tanya Steele, chief of WWF UK, said: “Stopping climate breakdown is the biggest challenge of our generation. It will take a worldwide effort to tackle it. The UK has shown significant global leadership on the climate crisis by becoming the first major economy to enshrine in law a commitment to stop contributing to climate change. Tanya Steele, the chief executive of WWF UK, said: “Stopping climate breakdown is the biggest challenge of our generation. It will take a worldwide effort to tackle it. The UK has shown significant global leadership on the climate crisis by becoming the first major economy to enshrine in law a commitment to stop contributing to climate change.
“But we have been emitting longest; it falls to us to go further and faster – by hosting world leaders here in 2020, we can help the world find a way to solve this together. By then we must be able to show that the UK is matching its ambition with real action.”“But we have been emitting longest; it falls to us to go further and faster – by hosting world leaders here in 2020, we can help the world find a way to solve this together. By then we must be able to show that the UK is matching its ambition with real action.”
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