Negotiators urged to ‘strain every sinew’ as Cop26 talks enter final day

(Jane Barlow/PA)

The Cop26 climate talks are entering their final scheduled day with the summit’s president warning there is still “a monumental challenge ahead”.

The talks are scheduled to finish at 6pm on Friday, but could overrun as negotiators come under pressure to resolve issues around finance for poor countries, calls for accelerating the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies and coal, and the efforts of countries to cut emissions in the 2020s.