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At the end of this month, much of global attention will fall on Glasgow, Scotland. World leaders from close to 200 countries will convene there at the “COP26” international climate summit in a bid to lay down new commitments to curb greenhouse emissions and reckon with a warming planet. Scientists have made clear that a climate that sees temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels will be marked by increasingly extreme weather events, while rising sea levels, droughts and other phenomena displace whole communities.