In a first episode of a two-part series focusing on the recent COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Copper’s Rory Puxley, Sam Cranston, Martin McCrink and Zoe McLernon review the last-minute agreement struck at COP26, the road to Net Zero and what this means for infrastructure. Drawing on a recent Copper report on public attitudes to Net Zero and our experience of being on the ground at the conference, we answer the following questions; will COP26 turn words into actions? Who will pay for net zero? And did developed countries let themselves off the hook in COP’s focus on coal?