COP26: Was the Glasgow conference a cop out on climate change?


Climate activists demonstrating outside the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov 12, 2021. NGOs were not happy with negotiations, calling the end results indecisive. — AFP

We heaped our hopes on one two-week conference, that it would save humanity from itself and stop the planet from burning up. So, was the Glasgow climate conference a success or failure?

Well, it depends on who you speak to.

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