COP26: Hopes and Challenges

The key to the success of the ambitious emissions target will highly depend on the readiness of resources. Good leadership and governance are also an important requisite to realize these hopes as realities.

The big annual climate event, called the Conference of the Parties (COP), has been underway this week in Glasgow, Scotland, after its absence in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The 26th Climate Change Conference (COP26) is attended by around 25,000 participants, including approximately 100 heads of state from various parts of the world. COP has dealt with climate change issues since more than a quarter of a century ago (1995) without any certainty over its conclusion.