CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The UK hosted the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 13 November 2021. The COP26 summit brought parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Detailed explanation-2: -COP26 was the 2021 United Nations climate change conference In that time climate change has gone from being a fringe issue to a global priority. In November 2021, the UK hosted the 26th annual summit – giving it the name COP26. With the UK as President, COP26 took place in Glasgow.

Detailed explanation-3: -Background. The UN Climate Change Conference COP 26 in Glasgow, United Kingdom is a crucial opportunity to achieve pivotal, transformational change in global climate policy and action.

Detailed explanation-4: -COP stands for Conference of the Parties, and the summit was attended by the countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – a treaty that came into force in 1994. This was the 26th COP summit and was hosted in partnership between the UK and Italy.