An official delegation from the European Parliament takes part in the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26 in Glasgow (UK), from today until 13 November. The delegation is led by Pascal Canfin (Renew, FR), with Peter Liese (EPP, DE) as Vice-Chair.

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European Parliament delegation at COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (UK)

Arrival of the European Parliament delegation and exterior shots of the COP26 Venue, Glasgow, 11 shots

Interior shots COP26, Glasgow, UK, 4 shots

The EU pavilion at COP26, Glasgow, UK, 2 shots

SOUNDBITE (English), Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Chair of the EP Delegation to COP26, The first thing we want to do as a Parliament delegation is to sell what we have been doing in the EU, what we call the European Green Deal because we are changing more than 50 laws, European laws at the same time, and it's probably the most advanced delivery plan for climate action. And we have to share it, to make it known, to make it understood by our friends and partners. Second, we want to contribute to an ambitious global deal.

SOUNDBITE (English), Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Chair of the EP Delegation to COP26, So there are actually three key elements of the negotiation. The first one is to make sure that we close what technically we call here the rulebook, meaning the concrete elements to implement the Paris Agreement.

SOUNDBITE (English), Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Chair of the EP Delegation to COP26, And we need to make sure that this week the aggregated commitments coming from the EU, US, Japan and so on, we reach 100 billion dollars by 2022 because it's 2021 now. So we need to make sure that next year we will meet this 100 billion when we enter the code.

SOUNDBITE (English), Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Chair of the EP Delegation to COP26, When you add up all the commitments made by states, you started with two point seven degrees of global warming. Now, when you look at what was announced during the first week, we are at one point nine, so it's much better. But then some of the pledges lacks credibility.

SOUNDBITE (English), Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Chair of the EP Delegation to COP26, So I think there is a positive mindset here that would say, no, we cannot afford a failure when it comes to the rulebook of the Paris Agreement, meaning the concrete rules to apply the Paris Agreement.

SOUNDBITE (English), Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Chair of the EP Delegation to COP26, For the rest. It's obvious that Glasgow will not be the end of the story. And if we sold out of Glasgow with moving from 2.7 degrees to 1.9 degrees, it's already a huge step forward and there will be a need for another step to move from 1.9 to 1.5, but it might not be done this week in Glasgow unfortunately.