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I think China is not attending but Russia President Putin is by video? No idea on South Africa.

I think saying it's waffle is a bit much. Obviously with China and Russia not attending in person is a huge blow to this year conference. One thing is for certain, world leaders must take drastic action now before it's too late.

G20 leaders have agreed to end financing for new overseas coal plants during their two-day meeting in Rome by the end of this year.

US President Joe Biden says America and the European Union (EU) have agreed to do a carbon-based arrangement on steel and aluminium. In a statement at the G20 summit in Rome, he said the US and EU have "reached a major breakthrough that will address the existential threat of climate change" while also protecting American jobs and American industry. He says it will usher in a "new era of transatlantic cooperation", which removes tariffs on EU and a range of American products. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said they had agreed to suspend the tariffs on steel and aluminium and to "start work on a new, global, sustainable steel arrangement". She says "we must address the carbon intensity of the industry" and address problems of over-capacity. "It will be a major step forward in achieving carbon neutrality," she adds. "This is a major step forward in our renewed relationship."

G20 leaders have agreed on climate neutrality "by or around mid-century". The communique calls for "meaningful and effective" action to limit global warming at 1.5C, the Reuters news agency is reporting. But it contained few concrete actions and makes no reference to a specific 2050 date to achieve net zero carbon emissions that scientists say is vital to stave off disastrous climate change. It says current national plans on how to curb emissions will have to be strengthened "if necessary" and includes a pledge to halt financing of overseas coal-fired power generation by the end of this year. The statement says: "We recognise that the impacts of climate change at 1.5C are much lower than at 2C. Keeping 1.5C within reach will require meaningful and effective actions and commitment by all countries."

The COP26 conference has now opened More than 100 world leaders and thousands of delegates will visit Glasgow for the UN climate summit, which lasts until Friday 12 November.

With talks set to start tomorrow for two weeks, most countries will not able to meet their 2030 pledges. It is most likely that these talks will be intense and new policies hopefully drawn up though China and Russia will be only he attending by video link. Home | Climate Action Tracker CLIMATEACTIONTRACKER.ORG

Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK This strategy sets out policies and proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to meet our net zero target by 2050.

This is mother nature at it's finest, to everyone living their please stay safe.

The images remind me of Hurricane Sandy, seeing parts of New York City flooded.

Sums it all really, going to be a awful time ahead...

Unreal, i seen quite a few images around. From heatwaves to floods.

Sadly 65 (rumour has it 115) people have died because of the fires in Algeria.

I believe now the Dixie Fire is the second largest in California history (besides complexes)

It's like the Sun is in its red giant stage of its life It's shocking how bad these wildfires are in California,Greece and Russia

Dixie Fire has grown about 140k acres overnight... Unreal growth

Looks like a apocalypse poor people...

Wildfires continue to rage across the Western side of the United States, some areas were in a red flag warning which for some has brought a lot of fire growth, The Dixie Fire was according to Cal Fire last update a few hours ago about 360,000 acres long, making it one of the biggest wildfires in California history. Meanwhile in Athens, I have seen a couple of people saying that they are orders to evacuate to costals areas.

Very concerning news coming out in Turkey in regards to a power plant, pathetic response from Turkey which has led up to this.

I decided to create a topic in regards to Wildfires, I been following wildfires on and off the past few weeks including the Dixie Fire which I believe is the 10th largest in Californian recorded history. However i have just seen something very worrying coming in from Turkey where a fire has breached a power plant, recently there's been a heatwave around the Balkans/turkey which has caused wildfires. In the media there was a huge fire near the Greek capital Athens.