On 21 September, the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union sent Member States new draft conclusions in preparation for the 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP26) due to be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November.
According to the document, while Member States have agreed on the main thrust of the Presidency’s proposed text, the issue of the timing of ‘nationally determined contributions’ (NDCs) – documents setting out the...