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Activists from around the world have descended on Glasgow and organizers were expecting up to 100,000 people
World leaders will start descending on the Scottish city of Glasgow on Sunday for the United Nations COP26 summit, billed as a make-or-break chance to save the planet from the most calamitous effects of climate change.
India, the world’s third biggest emitter, has yet to follow China, the U.S. and the European Union in setting a target for reaching ‘net zero’ emissions. Negotiators are hoping India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce such a goal in Glasgow.
Iam i am live in rome where the biggest economies and biggest emitters are under pressure to meet words with actions. back in glasgow, as well as the delegates, climate activists have descended on the city for the summit including greta thunberg, mobbed as she arrived this morning. good morning from glasgow where the cop26 climate change conference, one of the biggest summits the uk has ever hosted, gets underway today, a year later than planned because of the covid pandemic. it's starting on the day the world
This is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh live in glasgow as the cop26 summit — the crucial climate change conference gets underway. 25,000 delegates will attend from about 200 countries to announce how they plan to cut emissions by 2030. prince charles calls for more action to tackle climate change and warns leaders of what he calls their "overwhelming responsibility to generations yet unborn". cop26 begins in glasgow tomorrow. quite literally, it is the last chance saloon. we must now translate fine words into still finer actions.