Switzerland – Compromise COP26 deal disappoints

Switzerland – Compromise COP26 deal disappoints

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The Swiss delegation seat at the COP26 plenary Paula Dupraz-Dobias The COP26 summit approved a climate deal late Saturday evening. But the watered-down ambitions on the end of coal subsidies left many delegates frustrated, including Switzerland. This content was published on November 14, 2021 - 11:57 November 14, 2021 - 11:57 Paula Dupraz-Dobias is an award-winning Geneva-based journalist covering environment, business, international organizations, humanitarian crises and Latin America. A day after the planned conclusion of the COP26, the climate conference's British president Alok Sharma slammed the gavel down to adopt the documents intended to fully implement the Paris Agreement and conclude what was billed as the"last chance" summit. But final moments of the talks included an unusual show of bold diplomacy involving Switzerland. Minutes before the final session began, Swiss environment minister Simonetta Sommaruga walked onto the podium to dispute what the Swiss delegation called a"violent disruptive manoeuvre". Tense discussions ensued as Sharma shuttled between other delegations. In an intervention that followed once the plenary began, Sommaruga expressed her"profound disappointment"."The language we had agreed on coal and fossil fuel subsidies has been further watered down as a result of an untransparent process," she told the delegates. She said