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COP26 - is 1.5°C still alive?

We were told it was now or never. The UN's chief climate negotiator Patricia Espinosa discusses whether COP26 was a catalyst for change, or a conference of little consequence.

We were told it was now or never, but did the COP26 climate conference deliver? After world leaders left Glasgow, their negotiating teams got to work, spending two weeks trying to hammer out deals designed to prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change by limiting warming to 1.5°C by 2100. For 5 Minutes On, the UN's chief climate negotiator Patricia Espinosa talks openly about what has been achieved - and the amount of hard work that's still to be done. So will Glasgow be remembered as a catalyst for change or a conference of little consequence?

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