
Last-minute change to COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact hands a lifeline to coal
COP26 ended on Saturday 13th November, one day later than expected. Some positives and many negatives in the Glasgow Climate Pact, weakened by India’s last-minute change.
Andrea Barolini
Contributor
I live in France, I love hiking in the mountains, Kapuściński's stories, snow, passionate people, Calvino's descriptions, De Gregori's songs, Britanny, Keynes, chili and the Marmottan Museum. I've been an economics and environmental journalist for ten years, in the hope to throw a stone into the pond: writing to echo the echo is useless. Having said this, my ideal afternoon is that passed cooking for a dinner with my friends.
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“Nothing grows out of diamonds, but out of dung the flowers grow” (Fabrizio De André)
COP26 ended on Saturday 13th November, one day later than expected. Some positives and many negatives in the Glasgow Climate Pact, weakened by India’s last-minute change.
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