Only a few days into the United Nations’ two-week climate conference, activist Greta Thunberg pronounced it a failure. The Swedish teen famous for scolding polluters later went on to slam the “very vague” agreement struck as the COP26 summit wrapped up in Glasgow last week, saying it succeeded only in “watering down the blah, blah, blah.” She wasn’t alone in her disappointment. Even Alok Sharma, the British politician presiding over the conference, fought back tears as he declared himself “deeply sorry” about last-minute wording in the final agreement to “phase down” rather than “phase out” th…

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