What does COP26 stand for? From Paris to Glasgow, Cutting Through Climate Jargon

Here’s a guide to the jargon and acronyms spawned by decades of climate talks. Representatives from nearly 200 countries meet in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 to flesh out the rules of a new global climate pact. Decades of climate talks have spawned a host of acronyms and jargon.    PARIS AGREEMENT: Successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the international climate treaty that expired in 2020. Agreed in December 2015, the Paris Agreement aims to limit the rise in the average global surface temperature. To do this, countries that signed the accord set national pledges to reduce…