


An agreement that only tackles coal doesn’t even solve half the problem - emissions from oil and gas already far outstrip coal and are booming, while coal is already entering a terminal decline. Murray Worthy, Campaign Leader at Global Witness, said: ‘This announcement falls spectacularly short of what this moment requires. But three of the world’s coal power giants are not signed up

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng (pictured) had said the Cop26 pledge by 190 world leaders and bodies was a ‘milestone moment’.
