Cop26 ends in climate agreement despite India watering down coal resolution

Glasgow climate pact adopted despite last-minute intervention by India to water down language on phasing out dirtiest fossil fuel

• Cop26: the goal of 1.5C of climate heating is alive, but only just

Countries have agreed a deal on the climate crisis that its backers said would keep within reach the goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C, the key threshold of safety set out in the 2015 Paris agreement.

The negotiations carried on late into Saturday evening, as governments squabbled over provisions on phasing out coal, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and providing money to the poor world.