The COP26 Endgame: What to Watch If You’re Just Tuning In
From money for vulnerable nations to a global carbon market, these are the issues at stake in the summit’s final hours.
Demonstrators during a "Global Day of Action" protest on the sidelines of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Nov. 6.
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COP26 climate talks are entering the endgame, and all-night sessions are getting increasingly fraught. At stake is how quickly the world will cut emissions in the next decade — a crucial period to curb global warming — and whether a functional market for trading carbon can be created.
As negotiators brace to go into extra time, running low on sleep and Covid testing kits, here are the things to watch: