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A summit to save the world in Glasgow

The UN Cop26 climate summit kicks off in Glasgow this week – “the most important climate talks since 2015, when the Paris agreement was signed”, says The Economist. The Paris accord committed signatories to keeping the rise in the Earth’s mean surface temperature to “well below” 2˚C above pre-industrial levels, and ideally to no more than 1.5˚C. By now, all countries

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