After a day devoted to climate financing, energy will be at the top of the COP26 agenda on Thursday (November 4) as delegates turn their focus to energy – both dirty and clean.
Britain will spearhead a non-binding deal among at least 19 countries to end the financing of fossil fuel projects abroad.
The burning of coal, oil and gas over decades since the Industrial Revolution is mainly responsible for the carbon dioxide emissions causing climate change.
But as the world ditches dirty fuels, there is an urgent need to boost renewable energy sources worldwide.
Solar and wind power, along with clean-burning green hydrogen, will come into the conversation, as well projects aimed at capturing and keeping carbon emissions from the atmosphere.
Questions of equity and climate justice will also be key, as developing countries are unwilling to abandon fossil-fuel-powered economic growth without help from their wealthier counterparts to transition to cleaner alternatives.
