BLAH, BLAH, BLAH? Is that all our leaders provided at COP26?

The COP 26 climate conference in Glasgow was billed as our last chance to limit global warming this century to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Our leaders tell us it was a success, but hundreds of thousands of climate activists outside the event did not seem to share that optimism. A quick scratch at the surface of the announced policies suggests their cynicism may be well founded.

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Research Links

Climate Action Tracker report
https://climateactiontracker.org/documents/997/CAT_2021-11-09_Briefing_Global-Update_Glasgow2030CredibilityGap.pdf

Countries updating NDCs
https://climateactiontracker.org/climate-target-update-tracker/list-non-updating-countries/

WRI Report on international $100 billion progress
https://www.wri.org/research/breakdown-developed-countries-public-climate-finance-contributions-towards-100-billion

Bloomberg report on Australia’s COP26 pledges
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-11-12/australia-s-climate-plans-disappoint-as-cop26-wraps-up?cmpid=BBD111221_AUSTRALIA&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=211112&utm_campaign=australia

Greenpeace reaction to COP 26
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/50582/glasgow-first-draft-text-revealed-exceptionally-weak-with-no-mention-of-fossil-fuel-phaseout-greenpeace-response/

COP26 declaration ‘Action on forests and land use’
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cop26-world-leaders-summit-on-action-on-forests-and-land-use-2-november-2021/world-leaders-summit-on-action-on-forests-and-land-use

Mongabay report on Glasgow deforestation pledge
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/cop26-glasgow-declaration-salvation-or-threat-to-earths-forests/

Guardian article on Brazilian deforestation
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-rises-by-more-than-a-fifth-in-a-year

Reclaim Finance report on Glasgow finance pledge
https://reclaimfinance.org/site/en/our-fights/cop26-facing-up-to-finance-climate-crimes/

Fact Check on finance pledge
https://unclimatesummit.org/cop26-fact-check-usd-130-trillion-for-climate-finance-sounds-like-a-lot-but-does-it-add-up/

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/greenwashing-do-the-maths-on-mark-carneys-us130-trillion-net-zero-pledge-stack-up


Guardian article on lack of farming discussions at COP26
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/09/the-cow-in-the-room-why-is-no-one-talking-about-farming-at-cop26-aoe

Methane emissions pledge
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2295810-cop26-105-countries-pledge-to-cut-methane-emissions-by-30-per-cent/

COP26 Vehicle emissions pledge
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1054256978/cop26-agreement-electric-vehicles-auto-industry

BOGA
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/11/11/cop26-denmark-and-costa-rica-launch-ambitious-alliance-to-phase-out-oil-and-gas

https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/uk-refuses-to-join-beyond-oil-and-gas-alliance/?utm_source=Army%20Technology&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=Must%20Read&utm_content=Image

Coal phase down
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2021/11/cop26-cop-out-on-coal-as-fossil-fuel-phaseout-diluted/