Cop26: New commitments could limit global heating to 1.8C – day four live
by Oliver Holmes (now) and Bibi van der Zee (earlier) from Environment | The Guardian on (#5RGCS)
We'll be following events in Glasgow and around the UK today
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- Read all our Cop coverage here
Jennifer Granholm in the US department of energy is now talking about her own personal experience as governor of Michigan.
In 2009 the great recession tore through the US auto industry. Hundreds of thousands lost their jobs in Michigan, where I was governor. The pain that I saw in the eye of workers has seared my soul ... I became obsessed with how we can create jobs in clean energy to diversify our economy.
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