COP26 Global Climate Deal Reached After China, India Push to Soften Language on Coal

COP26 President Alok Sharma gives the closing speech as he attends the Closing Plenary of the COP26 Climate Summit at SECC in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 13, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Nearly 200 countries attending the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, agreed on a global climate deal on Nov. 13, following last-minute changes pushed by China and India that watered down language about the use of coal power.

After two weeks of talks, the 197 nations didn’t veto last-minute changes to revise the final text of the deal, named the Glasgow Climate Pact, to “phase down” rather than “phase out” unabated coal.