Blah, blah greenhouse gas at COP26.

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference is starting today in Glasgow in the UK and will last till 12 November, wikipedia. Some 25,000 delegates from 200 countries will be attending this massive jamboree named COP26, which stands for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. "Activists from around the world have descended on Glasgow and organisers were expecting up to 100,000 people at a major demonstration on Friday," NDTV. "Joining them was Swedish teen green icon Greta Thunberg, who arrived by train from London." Thunberg is skeptical about what this conference will achieve. In a speech in September she ridiculed world leaders saying, "Build back better. Blah, blah, blah. Green economy. Blah, blah, blah. Net zero by 2050. Blah, blah, blah. This is all we hear from our so-called leaders: words," The Scotsman. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is already there but Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend. Supporting Thunberg, "Ahead of a critical global climate conference in November, a UN report released Wednesday shows that many of the world's largest fossil fuel producers are still planning to ramp up production in the coming years, and will be burning far more fossil fuels in 2030 than what is consistent with global climate pledges," CNN. "China and the United States are the world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters," and "China's emissions are more than double those of the US, but historically, the US has emitted more than any other country in the world," CNN. In fact, China is doing the opposite. "Beijing has reportedly ordered China's coal mines to boost output as an energy shortage across the country has seen millions of homes and businesses hit by power cuts in recent weeks," BBC. India is in a sweet spot. "India is seeking payment for the losses caused by climate disasters, its environment ministry said," Bloomberg Quint. "India is the world's third-largest emitter on an annual basis today and among the top ten historical emitters", but "Even if India's pay-in for damages were roughly 4%, the country would stand to get a larger pay-out for the losses it will incur". The US has committed to carbon neutrality by 2050 and China by 2060 but, "In India, we view such pledges with the skepticism they deserve," wrote Mihir Sharma. Western leaders are announcing far-off targets just to satisfy activists, and "They rely on the development of some sort of carbon capture technology in the distant future to make up for rich countries polluting today." "That's why even many countries that have committed to 2050 or 2060 goals are still quietly commissioning new coal plants or restarting old ones." "Developing countries have very few cards left to play", because, "Whatever energy mix replaces coal -- natural gas, renewables, nuclear power -- the transition is going to cost money." And, Indians don't have any. But, even coal is expensive because, "India imports around 300-400 million tonnes of coal, primarily from Indonesia, Australia and South Africa," India Today. Despite having enough coal reserves, "Stockpiles at power plants fell over FY21 by half, to about 30 MT," HT. That's because electricity demand fell last year because of lockdowns due to the Covid-19 epidemic. "The real problem wasn't publicised till the end of September, when we stood at an average of four days supply, and alarm bells ensued." "But no one did enough when in the prior month stocks fell by double, from 13 days to seven days." Global warming is caused by CO2. CO2 is expelled when we talk. Blah, blah, blah causes global warming.