The UK government has invited countries to prepare announcements of stronger climate commitments ahead of a planned virtual international climate summit Dec. 12. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The call from the UK government comes amid a one-year delay to the United Nations COP26 climate summit due to the coronavirus pandemic, which was rescheduled to November 2021. “Even though COP26 has been postponed, we need to act now to fulfil our Paris Agreement commitments,” the UK’s business and energy secretary and COP26 President Alok Sharma said in a statement Oct. 29. The UK is calling for new, more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions – the climate targets and action plans that each country is […]