This briefing note was written to provide a summary of what happened at COP26 Glasglow for Climate Focus friends and partners. 

Further details in this briefing note include discussions around these points:

• In 2021, concern about climate change is globally mainstream.
• The Glasgow Climate Pact put new energy behind the commitment to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
• Glasgow saw more announcements on forests and nature than any of its predecessor conferences.
• Six years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, negotiators finally completed the “Article 6 rulebook” and enabled carbon markets under the Agreement.
• Expectations of developing countries with respect to accessing sustainable and predictable finance for adaptation and loss & damage were once more defeated.
• Gender, human rights, and inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and local communities were given increasing attention in the negotiations, although the COP remains, overall, an affair of well-situated men.