Published: October 21st, 2021,
Last updated: March 16th, 2024
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping are not expected to travel in person to this year’s World Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also yet to confirm his attendance. US President Joe Biden could arrive in Glasgow empty-handed due to domestic political squarrels. And so it is up to Europe to steer the global ambitions for climate protection in the right direction.