Nearly 200 countries approved the U.N.-brokered deal (for COP26), which suffered stumbling blocks over the phasing out of coal, fossil fuel subsidies and financial support to low-income countries. India and China, both among the world’s biggest burners of coal, insisted on a last-minute change of fossil fuel language in the pact — from a “phase out” of coal to a “phase down.” On Sunday, The Scottish Mail headlined with, “Glasgow wins a climate deal for the world.” The Scotland on Sunday led with the more somber: “Make no mistake, we are still on the road to hell.”
