U.K. Wants Nations to Improve COP Plans, But Offers a Way Out
- Draft text of COP conclusions to be released Tuesday overnight
- Getting countries to re-write their plans is key battleground
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The U.K. is set to propose that countries tighten their climate plans ahead of schedule, but after fraught talks in Glasgow, it would still allow the worst polluters to opt out.
The U.K. presidency, which had set high ambitions to ramp up global efforts to curb rising temperatures, is starting to draft the final text that will emerge from COP26 climate talks in Scotland.