The Road to COP26: What you need to know before the next UN climate talks

The world's most important climate event is almost here. Here is everything you need to know heading into COP26. Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, the annual United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP) has become the most inclusive, important climate meeting of the year. The summit offers a key barometer of global progress toward meeting the goals set at the 2015 Paris conference: to hold global warming to well below two degrees Celsius. COP26, hosted by the U.K. and Italy, was postponed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…