Climate Calculus Series: COP26 is pushed back by a year — is the Paris Agreement delayed or dead?

COP26, the annual climate summit scheduled for November this year was to ready the Paris Agreement for its coming-into-force on the 1st January 2021. It is a COVID-19 casualty and has been rescheduled for November 2021. In this, the fourth in our Climate Calculus series, Jonathan Shopley dissects the implications of the 12-month delay for climate action — and where that leaves business.