Question- The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) will be held in-
(a) Glasgow, UK
(b) Paris, France
(c) New Delhi, India
(d) Moscow, Russia
Ans. (a)
Related facts-
- The president of the UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, to be held in Glasgow(U.K) in November 2021, and UK government’s climate chief Alok Sharma is to visit India next week to meet the leaders of a country that is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China.
- This visit comes in the backdrop of India resisting the pressure of declaring a net zero emission goal.
- The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on August 8, 2021, said more frequent and intense extreme weather events will impact lives, livelihoods and businesses in India and elsewhere in South Asia.
- Sharma was earlier the UK’s secretary of state for business, energy and industrial dtrategy and also secretary of dtate at the Department for International Development.
- The UK is committed to working closely with our partners in India to ensure a successful outcome at COP26 in Glasgow this November.
- As part of this, COP26 President Designate Alok Sharma visited India earlier this year when he met with PM Modi, and has had successful interactions since on various international fora.
- The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UNFCCC was originally scheduled to take place from 9-19 November 2020, in Glasgow, UK.
- On 28 May 2020, the COP Bureau decided that it would take place from 1-12 November 2021, in Glasgow, UK.
By- Yogesh Pratap singh
Reference- https://sdg.iisd.org/events/2020-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-26/.