The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has made real progress – announcing new and unexpected net-zero pledges, a commitment to reduce methane emissions and moves to squeeze fossil fuel funding and end deforestation. The finer points, however, such as the rules for a global carbon market, the format for countries to report their emissions and the level of climate-related financial assistance provided by developed to emerging markets, remain unresolved.
In this week’s podcast, Ehsan Khoman, Head of Emerging Markets Research (EMEA), offers perspectives on the first take of COP26 deliberations that draw to a close on 12 November and what to make of thorny questions of enforcement surrounding non-legally binding COP26 pledges until countries meet in November 2022 at COP27.
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