The United Nations climate summit in Glasgow has made some reasonable progress, from a commitment to end deforestation by 2030 to India's pledge to hit net-zero emissions by 2070.
Were all the promises made during COP26 to be kept - a big "if" - it might even give the world a chance of keeping global temperatures a smidgen below the all-important target of 2 deg C above pre-industrial levels, according to an analysis from the University of Melbourne.
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