Much ado about nothing? With a sense of urgency and momentum for greater ambition, COP25 ended on Sunday 15 December in Madrid, two days late, with a minimal agreement that disappointed the EU. But it has already chosen to look forward: COP26 (Glasgow, end of 2020).
The parties to the Paris Agreement have responded with urgency to the climate emergency and calls from the street by deferring all the irritating issues – rules that will govern international carbon markets, transparency...