After 2 weeks of intense negotiations and a day of overtime, the 197 countries represented in Glasgow for the 26th session of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) finally managed to reach a compromise on the evening of Saturday 13 November, at the cost of last-minute changes that weakened the text compared to its previous versions.
The President of COP26, Alok Sharma, apologised for these changes with tears in his eyes during the plenary session closing the conference.
“May I...