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What will it take for countries to keep their climate promises?

World leaders will arrive at a global climate summit with a promise on how they鈥檙e going to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Will it be enough to limit global warming?

World leaders are gathering in Glasgow for a global climate summit to agree on how to further limit the threat of global warming.
Experts say the conference, known as COP26, could be the last chance for governments to agree on a way to cut global emissions in half by 2030.
It鈥檚 also an opportunity to assess how well they have been doing with previous targets to prevent average global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius, agreed at a big climate meeting in Paris in 2015.
According to the Climate Action Tracker, The Gambia is thought to be one of the only countries with plans in line with 1.5 degrees.
What further commitments will leaders from the rest of the world arrive with at COP26 and what will it take for countries to keep those climate promises?
Presenters Kate Lamble and Katie Prescott are joined by:
Sandra Guzman, consultant, Climate Policy Initiative.
Jennifer Morgan, executive director, Greenpeace International.
Niklas H枚hne, founding partner, New Climate Institute

Producer: Darin Graham
Researcher: Natasha Fernandes
Reporter: Thomas Naadi
Series producers: Alex Lewis and Rosamund Jones
Editor: Emma Rippon
Sound engineer: Neil Churchill

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