meanwhile at @COP26 we are seeing a major unravelling of some of the biggest multi-country agreements:
1) Indonesia says the deforestation agreement it signed two days ago was “inappropriate and unfair”
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1) Indonesia says the deforestation agreement it signed two days ago was “inappropriate and unfair”
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2) today’s big announcement is loads of countries have signed agreement to phase out coal power stations #cop26
- but original targets have been watered down from 2030 (developed countries) and 2040 (developing)
- instead it’s now 2030s/2040s “or as soon as possible thereafter”
- but original targets have been watered down from 2030 (developed countries) and 2040 (developing)
- instead it’s now 2030s/2040s “or as soon as possible thereafter”
I’ve been helpfully leaked the document signed by the various countries, you can see the much looser wording here 
also:
the US, the world’s third-largest coal consumer, was not among a list of signatories to the pledge circulated on Wednesday evening, despite the Biden administration’s goal of carbon-free electricity by 2035….
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the US, the world’s third-largest coal consumer, was not among a list of signatories to the pledge circulated on Wednesday evening, despite the Biden administration’s goal of carbon-free electricity by 2035….
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