In the United States, a Republican president may abandon the pact entirely, as former President Donald Trump did when he rejected the 2015 Paris Agreement. One by one, rich states will abandon commitments to emissions reduction that were already watered down from initial targets. The whole script could have been written in advance without anyone traveling to Scotland at massive carbon cost. Official sources praised the deal as a step toward the goal of controlling global warming, while critics denounced incremental progress as failure. After two weeks of negotiations, delegates managed to reach an agreement that split the difference between the interests of participating countries. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, concluded in Glasgow on Sunday with predictable results.
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