{"id":41750,"date":"2021-10-31T13:42:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T20:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=41750"},"modified":"2021-10-31T13:42:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T20:42:56","slug":"leaders-are-gathering-in-glasgow-for-a-climate-summit-and-the-challenges-they-face-are-huge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=41750","title":{"rendered":"Leaders are gathering in Glasgow for a climate summit,\u00a0and the challenges they face are huge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The outcome of COP26 will determine, to a large extent, how the world\u2019s seven billion people will survive on a hotter planet and whether far worse levels of warming can be averted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Fundamental differences divide the leaders. Many poor countries hard hit by climate disasters are holding out for the money promised, but not yet delivered, by the industrialized nations that fueled the crisis.\u00a0Here\u2019s what to expect.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThat we are now so perilously close to the edge for a number of countries is perhaps the tragedy of our times,\u201d said Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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President Biden and other leaders are arriving in Glasgow after a G20 summit in Rome, where they\u00a0agreed on a new corporate minimum tax,<\/a>\u00a0the world\u2019s most aggressive attempt yet to stop companies from sheltering profits in so-called tax havens. But when it came to preventing future pandemics, health experts and activists said that rich nations\u00a0were still not doing enough<\/a>\u00a0to help poor countries survive the current one.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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