Two weeks of fraught negotiations at the 2021 United Nations’ climate change conference, or COP26, concluded on Saturday as world leaders came to an agreement that could actually limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
The final, 10-page agreement expressed consensus among roughly 200 nations: All parties must act immediately to avert the most catastrophic consequence of climate change. Signatories promised to strengthen their emissions reduction pledges by the end of 2022 — three years earlier than originally planned — and wealthy countries pledged to give more money to developing nations to help them adapt to climate-related disasters like sea-level rise and hurricanes.
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