Goal of 1.5C ‘in sight’ at Cop26, says speaker of Maldivian parliment

Mohamed Nasheed: 'We must close the gap between ambition and reality, and that means delivering on the pledges we have had'

Speaker of the Maldives Parliament Mohamed Nasheed. Picture: Dave Thompson/PA

The goal of keeping temperature rises to below 1.5C is now “in sight” at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, parliamentarians from across the globe have been told.

Mohamed Nasheed, the speaker of the Maldives Parliament and a former president of the island state, said while there had been a “mood of pessimism” before the talks began, there has already been some “encouraging outcomes”.