Good COP Bad COP: Was The UN’s Climate Summit Actually A Success?

Good COP Bad COP: Was The UN’s Climate Summit Actually A Success?

Over the last two weeks, the world’s most powerful leaders congregated in Glasgow, Scotland, for the UN’s pivotal summit COP26 to address the climate crisis.

While not every country turned up – China and Russia’s absences were particularly notable – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seemed cautiously optimistic about how the attending nations negotiated to reduce their impact on the environment.

But just how successful was the summit in reality? And was it enough to restrict global warming to just 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels?