Published: November 15th, 2021,
Last updated: October 4th, 2022
The final whistle sounded after extra time at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, which officially came to an end with the final closing declaration on Saturday evening. This puts COP26 roughly in the middle of the pack in terms of length. The record is held by the first climate summit, which took place in Berlin in 1995 and ended as early as Friday noon. The longest negotiations took place two years ago in Madrid.