Tomorrow marks the close of the climate summit COP26 and, with that, a final agreement—hopefully—adopted by all 197 parties who’ve helped draft the document. At its present stage, the agreement has already faced pushback from countries like Saudi Arabia and a coalition of nations known as the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC), including China and India. Unsurprisingly, many countries that prioritize oil and gas’ profitability are reticent to phase out fossil fuels. For instance, LMDC takes issue with the entire mitigation section of the agreement, which explicitly calls for accelerated phasing out of “coal and subsidies for fossil fuels.” Though the group claims the section places an undue burden on developing countries, two of its 22 members are responsible for the world’s most and third-most carbon emissions. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres doesn’t appear at all hopeful about what will be included in the final language of the agreement. Speaking with the Associated Press on Thursday, Guterres warned of a worst-case scenario of a watered-down agreement being adopted for the sake of adoption. According to Guterres, the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is “on life support.” Read more