COP26, a UN Summit on Climate Change, begins in Glasgow

World leaders are gathering today in the Scottish city of Glasgow to try to accelerate efforts to tackle climate change, writes the Associated Press.

So far, the efforts of the international community have been fruitless, the Earth's climate is getting warmer and the meteorological phenomena are becoming more extreme, scientists and government officials warn.

Representatives of 120 countries will take part in the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Discussions will continue until November 12. During the same period, the 16th conference of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the third meeting of the participants in the Paris Agreement will take place, TASS reports.

According to observations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, conducted since 1850, the Earth's climate has undergone drastic changes over the past 100 years. Among the main prerequisites for this is the influence of man and his activities on the atmosphere. Deforestation and the use of fuels such as oil, coal and gas increase the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which is one of the causes of global warming.

A number of documents have been adopted to consolidate efforts to reduce climate impact and related risks.

The UN Framework Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement are of key importance.

The Convention, which entered into force in 1994, was the first international instrument to strengthen the principle of cooperation to mitigate the negative effects of climate change. Its ultimate goal is "to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that prevents dangerous...