Morning mail: climate pledges could make difference, long Covid hope, star stamps

Thursday: Emissions pledges at Cop26 could limit global temperature rises to below 2C. Plus: Bee Gees star commemorated

Good morning. The world appears set to meet a major climate milestone, there is hopeful news for long Covid sufferers, and Labor is calling for more jobkeeper paybacks.

The world's emissions trajectory could be on the path to below 2C for the first time. India's pledge to reach net zero by 2070, initially perceived as an unambitious target, could help keep emissions at a peak of 1.9C this century - though this is still not enough to reach the stated Cop26 target of 1.5C. The Climate Action Network has said the Cop26 summit would still represent a failure", unless it agrees concrete financial support to those already dispossessed by climate breakdown. Meanwhile, more than 20 nations and major financial bodies have pledged to halt all funding for overseas fossil fuel development from next year - but China and Japan have declined to sign.