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Single covid case at the park. plus new details on a knife attack on a train that's left more than a dozen injured. we're live in tokyo. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. well, leaders from around the world will gather in glasgow in the coming hours for a critical climate summit as a new report warns the earth is now in uncharted territory. the cop26 kicking off just as the g20 meeting wrapped up in rome on sunday. leaders there ended their summit with an agreement on climate but no firm pledges. several key goals included...

Electricity, to stop deforestation. a growing number of countries are coming into this conference with another big picture promise which is promising to hit net zero carbiby mid-century. but the science tells us clearly you can't wait ten years to do that. you've got to start doing that now. deep cuts otherwise that goal will be unachievable, rosemary. >> so what are environmentalists saying about their expectations, and what do they plan to do if the cop26 fails to take sufficient action? >> reporter: well, they are worried, obviously. and they say they will maintain the pressure in whatever ...

Date set for global carbon neutrality. no later than 2060, falling short of a hope for 2050, a hard deadline, not a glowing report card. >> we've made some progress at this g20. we've had a reasonable g20, but there is a huge way still to go. >> reporter: johnson not the only leader disappointed. the u.n. secretary-general voicing his frustrations in a tweet. saying, while i welcome the g20's recommitment to global solutions, i leave room with my hopes unfulfilled but at least they're not buried. leaders now on their way to cop26, the climate summit in glasgow with this ominous warning from th...

Now the pressure is on for cop26 to deliver more than just the usual empty promises on climate. the british prime minister is expected to tell world leaders it's time to move from aspiration to action to limit rising temperatures and take concrete steps to phase-out coal. among the key goals for cop26, securing global net zero by mid-century and keeping 1.5 degrees within reach. they also want countries to deliver on their promise of $100 billion a year to help developing nations fight the climate crisis. and cnn's phil black is following developments. he joins us now live from eden borough in...

With cop26 kicking in this week. we really want to try to raise awareness amongst decision—makers and government and global leaders, the impact of animal agriculture. currently there is nothing on the agenda at cop26 officially, that acknowledges food and farming at all. so we are trying to raise awareness, we got official observer status at cop26 so we will be there trying to talk to policymakers about this issue and we are also trying to talk to individuals as well, so while governments are not taking action, we can all do something individually with every meal that we have, so we are enco...