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Climate Crisis: A Timeline of Action

How we got to COP26: A timeline on humanity’s last hope

How we got to COP26: A timeline on humanity’s last hope
By Ethan van Diemen
28 Oct 2021
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As the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) negotiations draw near, countries across the globe are preparing to find solutions to collectively lower greenhouse emissions and prevent the global average temperature increase to exceed 1.5 degrees Celcius. This is how we got here.

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