COP26: World leaders fail to honor climate pledge
By DW
16 November 2021 |
2:03 pm
The UN climate summit has been slammed as a failure after India and China weakened language on phasing out fossil fuels and historical polluters refused to accept liability for damage caused by extreme weather.
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