A Simple COP26 Explainer – 4 Things The Average Person Needs To Know

A Simple COP26 Explainer – 4 Things The Average Person Needs To Know

Share to Linkedin I am a card-carrying climate scientist in the United States. I publish scholarly work in the peer-review literature, teach atmospheric sciences, and engage in broader public formats on climate change. As such, I am well versed in what these COP meetings are all about. In the coming weeks, you are going to hear a lot about COP26. Here are four basic things you need to know about it. WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE - MAY 31: A giant sand artwork adorns New Brighton Beach to highlight global ... [+] warming and the forthcoming Cop26 global climate conference on May 31, 2021 in Wirral, Merseyside. COP26, the United Nations' 26th Climate Change Conference, will be held in early November of this year in Glasgow, under the UNFCCC presidency of the United Kingdom. The artwork was self funded by British artists Sand In Your Eye and asks world leaders to commit to net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) What is it? COP is an acronym that stands for Conference of the Parties. The United Kingdom is hosting the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow from October