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episode 16: COP26 Halfway Point: A City of Two Tales With Nigel Topping
It's the halfway point of the COP26 climate discussions in Glasgow, UK! Pledges over the past week from world leaders could be transformational, keeping the Paris Agreement's ambition in reach. The devil is in the detail of delivery and, As we head into the second week of the negotiations, government Ministers and negotiators get down to business, with final agreements due to land on Saturday this week. Momentum from the pledges of the past week reverberated around the world, yet the youth movement, alongside many of the most vulnerable nations showed how much further we have to go.
On this episode we take stock with a great friend of the show, the UK's High Level Climate Action Champion, Nigel Topping.
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