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A balancing act, COP26 draft deal keeps up pressure for climate action

While retaining its core demand for countries to set tougher climate pledges next year, the draft uses weaker language than a previous draft text

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A new draft agreement drawn up for the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow on Friday presses countries to be more ambitious in their plans to tackle global warming but also walks a fine line between the demands of developing and richer nations. 

While retaining its core demand for countries to set tougher climate pledges next year, the draft uses weaker language than a previous draft text in asking nations to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.  

The new draft, which attempts to ensure the world will tackle global warming fast enough to stop it becoming catastrophic, is a balancing act -

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