Wednesday was a big day at the COP26 climate summit, with the first draft of an overarching agreement released. The US and China also made a surprise pledge to work together on addressing the climate crisis. Here's what you need to know.
Glasgow, Scotland Wednesday was big day at the COP26 climate summit, with the first draft of an overarching agreement released. The draft is a sort of a wish list put together by the COP presidency and its final version will be negotiated between national delegates over the next two days.
Depending on whom you ask, it's either"ambitious" or"a total flop."The US and China also made a surprise pledge to work together on addressing the climate crisis.Here's what happened on Wednesday.China-US surpriseRead MoreThe US and China announced an agreement Wednesday to ramp up their cooperative climate ambitions, just days before the end of the conference.
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