COP26: A meeting on the fate of our planet

For all readers who don't warm to the idea of future palm-fringed beaches in the Arctic

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The world's eyes briefly focussed on COP26, the summit in Glasgow on climate change, and the start of the 26th annual meeting known as the "Conference of the Parties" to the UN climate treaty, which continues when the world leaders have boarded their planes. That UN treaty is known as the "UNF-triple-C," the United Nati…