“For God’s sake, don’t kill this moment” – This is how the Glasgow settlement came about

UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow

John Kerry (M), US President’s Special Envoy for Climate Issues, Xie Zhenhua (l), Chief Negotiator of China, and Frans Timmermans (r), Vice President of the European Commission, speak at the UN climate summit COP26.

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Berlin, Glasgow Sometime on Saturday afternoon, Frans Timmermans broke the collar. “For God’s sake, do not kill this moment by asking for more texts, other texts, delete this, delete that,” said the EU climate commissioner with a raised voice in the plenary in Glasgow. Every country had been heard sufficiently in the past few months. “Please stand behind this text”.

At the time, the world climate conference was already 22 hours longer than planned. The delegates wanted to go home at last, and Timmermans received applause for his little outburst. But it was easy for Europeans to talk: the EU had largely pushed through its demands, while many poorer countries felt ignored.

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