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https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.44.3/iframe.htmlMedia caption,Sharma: China and India will have to explain actions to climate-vulnerable countries

China and India will have to explain themselves to climate-vulnerable nations, COP26 President Alok Sharma has said as the summit ends.

It comes after the two nations pushed for the language on coal to change from “phase out” to “phase down” in the deal agreed in Glasgow.

But Mr Sharma insisted the “historic” deal “keeps 1.5C within reach”.

It is the first ever climate deal that plans explicitly to reduce coal – the worst fossil fuel for greenhouse gases.

The summit, which was initially due to end on Friday, had to go into overtime before a deal was agreed late on Saturday – following the late intervention from India to water down the language on coal.

Later on Sunday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will…