John Kerry: Cop26 puts us closer than ever to avoiding climate chaos
by Fiona Harvey and Libby Brooks in Glasgow from Environment | The Guardian on (#5RWZY)
US climate envoy says many countries have very aggressively increased their ambition
The world is now closer than it has ever been to the goal of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C, the US climate envoy John Kerry has said, after the Cop26 negotiations ended in Glasgow with an imperfect" but widely welcomed deal.
Kerry said: We are in fact closer than we have ever been before to avoiding climate chaos and securing cleaner air, safer water and a healthier planet."
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