What needs to happen before COP26? The UN’s climate chief explains

Jun 18, 2021

Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change talking at a conference on climate change

Patricia Espinosa says there's a 'significant amount of work' to do. Image: REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Beh Lih Yi

Correspondent, Thomas Reuters Foundation

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Patricia Espinosa called on countries to overcome their differences and work together in the remaining months before the key COP26 negotiations in Glasgow. Image: World Economic Forum

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