Will Cop26 effectively tackle climate change? Only a quarter of people think so

Will Cop26 effectively tackle climate change? Only a quarter of people think so

Only a quarter of people think the Cop26 climate change summit will be effective in tackling climate change, according to polling conducted during the Glasgow meeting’s final days. While 50 per cent of people think the summit was useful for getting countries to agree to tackle climate change, only 28 per cent think it will be effective in solving the problem. Only a quarter think it will make a big difference to them and their family, according to the survey of 2,000 people across the UK conducted by Opinium for The Telegraph. But more than 40 per cent of people either said they were not sure, or did not have an opinion on the impact of the summit. Lack of public confidence in world leaders to tackle climate change The two-week meeting in Glasgow brought together negotiators from 196 countries, plus the European Union, to try to agree a global deal to limit warming. The findings reflect a lack of public confidence in world leaders to take action. They also reflect a lack of awareness over the summit, despite an extensive government engagement campaign and widespread media coverage. The conference reached a dramatic end last weekend when a global agreement