All About COP26
The 26 th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC will take place from the 31 st of October to 12 th of November in the city of Glasgow in Scotland under the presidency of the UK and Italy. The venue will be the Scottish Events Campus. The conference of parties is an annual gathering of parties to the UN Climate Change and is held to discuss and map the way forward in regards to climate change. This year’s COP is particularly more significant for various reasons. COP26 - image courtesy One is that it was supposed to take place in 2020 but was pushed to 2021 because of the pandemic. Two is because it is the second time that NDCs are deposited and so they will be evaluated to see if the principle of ratcheting up ambition, a major part of climate action is being followed. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are the centerpiece of the Paris Agreement whose aim is to drastically lower greenhouse gas emissions so as to stop climate change, which is of grave importance in today’s