{"id":43766,"date":"2021-10-29T13:30:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T12:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=43766"},"modified":"2021-12-18T14:04:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T14:04:58","slug":"what-actually-is-cop26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/what-actually-is-cop26\/","title":{"rendered":"What actually is COP26?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>With the annual climate conference nearly upon us, it&#8217;s probably a good time to understand what COP26&nbsp;<em>actually<\/em> is.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COP26 is taking place in just a few days up in Glasgow, with scientists and environmental groups suggesting it is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/2021\/09\/what-cop26-and-why-it-important\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last chances to prevent the worst effects of climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But rather than read loads of boring facts and statistics about the meeting, simply check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/vm.tiktok.com\/ZM8ac4CA9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quick explainer<\/a> to find out all the important details&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So, COP26 starts tomorrow! \ud83c\udf0e<br><br>But hang on, what actually is it? \ud83e\udd14<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COP26?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COP26<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COP26London?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COP26London<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NaqUUhs2ys\">pic.twitter.com\/NaqUUhs2ys<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Voice Of London UK (@VoiceOfLondonUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoiceOfLondonUK\/status\/1454750788060950528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to keep up to date as the conference takes place? Check out our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/category\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Climate Change<\/a> section for the latest news, videos and events from Glasgow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/its-just-words-on-paper-are-the-cop26-agreements-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;It&#8217;s just words on paper&#8217;: are the COP26 agreements enough?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/how-londoners-are-taking-part-in-cop26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Londoners are taking part in COP26<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words: Sarah Chaffey | Subbing: Valeria Vintimilla<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the annual climate conference nearly upon us, it&#8217;s probably a good time to understand what COP26&nbsp;actually is. 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