The diplomatic and logistical challenge faced by the British government as it prepares to host the COP26 Climate Summit intensified further today, as a coalition of over 1,500 civil society groups called for the meeting to be postponed.
The Climate Action Network (CAN), which represents many of the world’s largest environmental groups and boasts members from over 130 countries, today called for a postponement of the substantive negotiations of COP26, arguing that the COP presidency and the UK government had failed to “ensure a safe, equitable and inclusive summit”.
But COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma hit back at the proposed postponement, insisting “COP26 …
