Countries around the world have been experiencing unprecedented extreme weather events—raging wildfires, killer heat waves and catastrophic floods. In August, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new Assessment Report, which UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called “code red for humanity,” adding that alarm bells are deafening and the evidence is irrefutable.

Against this backdrop, delegates are set to convene in Glasgow for the international climate summit known as COP26. Six years on from the Paris agreement, is there finally enough urgency to turn ambition and promises into action?