What will it take for countries to keep their climate promises?

Published: Oct. 24, 2021, 11:30 p.m.

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World leaders are gathering in Glasgow for a global climate summit to agree on how to further limit the threat of global warming.\\nExperts say the conference, known as COP26, could be the last chance for governments to agree on a way to cut global emissions in half by 2030.\\nIt\\u2019s also an opportunity to assess how well they have been doing with previous targets to prevent average global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius, agreed at a big climate meeting in Paris in 2015.\\nAccording to the Climate Action Tracker, The Gambia is thought to be one of the only countries with plans in line with 1.5 degrees.\\nWhat further commitments will leaders from the rest of the world arrive with at COP26 and what will it take for countries to keep those climate promises? \\nPresenters Kate Lamble and Katie Prescott are joined by:\\nSandra Guzman, consultant, Climate Policy Initiative.\\nJennifer Morgan, executive director, Greenpeace International.\\nNiklas H\\xf6hne, founding partner, New Climate Institute

Producer: Darin Graham\\nResearcher: Natasha Fernandes\\nReporter: Thomas Naadi\\nSeries producers: Alex Lewis and Rosamund Jones\\nEditor: Emma Rippon\\nSound engineer: Neil Churchill

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