With the clock ticking on potential climate calamity, New York congressional lawmakers who attended a pivotal climate summit in Scotland said they wanted world leaders to be bolder in their agreement to tackle global warming.

The two-week conference wrapped up over the weekend with a deal that roughly 200 countries ultimately backed.

But experts say the COP26 agreement falls short of preventing an average temperature rise of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, the critical breaking point where scientists warn of climate disaster with even more dangerous weather events.

“I was hoping that it would be a bit more aggressive,” said Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who was in Glasgow for part of the conference with a group of House lawmakers.

“Looking at the final agreement, did we go all the way? No. Was there progress and action? Absolutely,” said Rep. Gregory Meeks, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee and also attended the gathering.

Meeks says among other things, he wanted to see bolder action on coal, which is a major source of emissions.

The agreement calls for “phasing down” reliance on coal, but, importantly, not “phasing out.” The last-minute change came at the insistence of India and China.

Meeks said he also would have liked to see China and Russia more actively involved at the conference. Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping did not attend, unlike many of their counterparts from around the globe.

Espaillat said he wished that the world’s largest economic powers were firmer in their commitment to help less wealthy, developing nations with climate resiliency. Those wealthier countries, including the United States, still have not met their years-old goal to provide $100 billion annually in aid.

“The most vulnerable are usually folks that contribute less to global warming, and yet are impacted more,” Espaillat said.

Reflecting on her time at the conference, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said it showed America is back at the table on climate issues after four years under President Donald Trump.

“I think there was a sigh of relief from NATO countries, from Europe, from everywhere that America wants to help lead,” she said.

However, questions persist about America's overall climate commitment. Hundreds of billions of dollars in climate-related spending is still in limbo on Capitol Hill, tied up in a fight over the size and cost of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda.

“There’s no question that we’re back at the table, but it makes a further statement of what our priorities are in passing Build Back Better,” Meeks said, referring to the president’s social spending and climate legislation.

Democratic leaders in Congress have signaled they want to get that bill wrapped up in coming weeks.