Nearly 200 nations strike climate deal with coal compromise at COP26

Almost 200 nations adopted on Saturday a compromise on how to curb climate change and to keep a key global warming target alive after 15 days of contentious climate talks. The compromise contained a last-minute change put forward by India to "phase down," rather than "phase out" coal power, the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

Several countries, including small island states, said they were deeply disappointed by the change. 

"India's last-minute change to the language to phase down but not phase out coal Is quite shocking," Australian climate scientist Bill Hare, who tracks world emission pledges for the science-based Climate Action Tracker. "India has long been a blocker on climate action, but I have never seen it done so publicly."