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Of talks, there are questions over how much can be achieved. with world leaders soon to arrive, all eyes will be on whether cop26 will succeed. rebecca morelle, bbc news, glasgow. we can speak now to a climate scientist at national microphone of the publicjet propulsion laboratory. thank you very much forjoining us. we are embarking on 12 days of no doubt very difficult negotiation to achieve something up the end of it and it will be a compromise of sorts. what chance of it being much cop?— sorts. what chance of it being much cop? first i should say i am speaking _ much cop? first i should s...

With world leaders soon to arrive, all eyes will be on whether cop26 will succeed. rebecca morelle, bbc news, glasgow. earlier i spoke to peter kalmus, who's worked as a climate scientist at nasa'sjet propulsion laboratory and associate project scientist ucla's joint institute for regional earth systems science and engineering. what chance of it being much cop? this is the 26th conference and i think we have had a real wake—up call this summer, so this is a little bit different than the previous 25 meetings because i think the world — i mean, the earth is giving us very, very clear warning...

Central to these talks is a vital number — 1.5 degrees. if temperatures go above this, we move into dangerous territory. the world, though, is already 1.1 degrees above preindustrial levels, and we're seeing the impacts of that right now. but even if every country does what it's promising, we're on course for 2.7 degrees by the end of the century. activists are demanding more action now, led by greta thunberg, mobbed as she arrived in glasgow, but she says there's still hope. if we can't keep the global average temperature rise to below1.5, then we do 1.6, then 1.7 and so on. we can always p...

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If we can't keep the global average temperature rise to below1.5, then we do 1.6, then 1.7 and so on. we can always prevent things from getting worse. it's never too late to do as much as we can. as the meeting gets under way, protesters say the time to tackle climate change is now. but after nearly three decades of talks, there are questions over how much can be achieved. with world leaders soon to arrive, all eyes will be on whether cop26 will succeed. rebecca morelle, bbc news, glasgow. well, already there has been a taste of the problems ahead. the world's richest nations, the 620, the wor...