Climate change: Whisper it cautiously... there's been progress in run up to COP26

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Pledges made at the UN have lifted hopes for the Glasgow summit, but some major questions remain.

What did major emitters China and the US say?President Biden underlined his commitment to a multilateral approach to climate change by announcing a significant increase in the US financial contribution to climate aid.previously committed to at a leader's summit in April"It's welcome but not sufficient," said Jennifer Tollman, who's with E3G, a climate change think tank.

It's the second year in a row that China's President Xi Jinping has used the forum to announce significant climate policy. While applauding the move, many experts said they wanted more clarity from China on reducing its domestic reliance on coal.country has increased its share of global coal-fired power generation to 53% in 2020"The main event is for China to pledge a major cut in its emissions now, in this decade, as US, EU and others have," tweeted former US climate envoy Todd Stern.

Just as important, the developed world is still scrambling to come up with the $100bn per annum that's meant to flow to the developing world from 2020.

 

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