It’s hard to see COP26 as truly historic as Boris Johnson has claimed

Passing phase AS the dust settles on COP26, much hay has been made about the last-minute watering down of a key pledge to “phase down” rather than “phase out” coal use. But where we are now, that difference is largely semantic. 4 Boris Johnson needs to urgently turn to all the other problems that have piled up on his desk in the past two weeks Credit: Getty If India and China — the countries that objected — do nevertheless meaningfully and swiftly reduce coal use, that would be significant progress, regardless of whether they’ve vowed to snuff it out altogether…. Read Full Article