COP26 Climate Deal Shows Fragility of New Emissions-Cutting Pledge

GLASGOW—U.S. climate envoy John Kerry aided win assistance at the United Nations summit for a deal this weekend that aims to speed up emissions-slicing strategies and asks international locations to bolster them once again subsequent year.

Hours later, Mr. Kerry underscored the basic weakness of the new agreement when he claimed the U.S., the world’s 2nd-most significant greenhouse-fuel emitter, is unlikely to speed up its own reduction plan in a year’s time, arguing that it goes significantly sufficient.