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The conference is underway in Glasgow with Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and other leaders all in attendance.
Air Force One landed in Edinburgh ahead of the summit with Boris Johnson welcoming other global leaders.
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Hide AdNicola Sturgeon was also meeting with the likes of David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg, with protests also taking place throughout the country.
We bring you the latest updates and news stories from around the conference as we get them.
COP26 RECAP: Updates as crunch UN climate conference gets underway
Labour’s shadow energy secretary said he is “glad” the Prime Minister has acknowledged how difficult a successful outcome will be at Cop26, but wished Boris Johnson’s realisation had occurred sooner.
Ed Miliband told the PA news agency: “The Prime Minister has finally woken up to how difficult this is, but I wish he’d woken up two years ago, not two days before the summit begins.
“There’s a real sense with the Prime Minister that he does these things at the last minute – lastminute.gov, essay-crisis Prime Minister.
“You can’t do that with Cop26, it’s too important and too complex a negotiation.”
He added: “We are a long way away from where we need to be – his job now is to put pressure on all the big emitters, the Australias, the Chinas and others, to say ‘you’ve got to step up and do more’.”
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has met Greta Thunberg at COP26.
The Swedish environmental activist arrived in Scotland on Saturday to attend the climate summit.
On Monday morning, Ms Thunberg along with fellow campaigner Vanessa Nakate, from Uganda, met with the First Minister, who tweeted: “The voices of young people like @GretaThunberg and @vanessa_vash must be heard loudly and clearly at Cop26 – the next few days should not be comfortable for leaders, the responsibility to act must be felt.”
Ms Thunberg has previously been critical of the Scottish Government’s climate policy, saying that the country was “not a leader on climate change”, as the First Minister had previously stated.
Scotland has pledged to cut emissions by 75% by 2030 and be net zero by 2045, but the last three years of targets have been missed.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will join the Prince of Wales at a Cop26 event promoting the greening of north Africa, Clarence House has confirmed.
Charles was pictured having an informal chat with the billionaire businessman and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez on Sunday night following the G20 summit in Rome.
It is understood they met to discuss Mr Bezos’s charitable body’s commitment to nature ahead of a Cop26 event in Glasgow promoting the Great Green Wall.
Wolf Blitzer has come under fire on Twitter after announcing that he is reporting from Edinburgh – where he says COP26 is taking place.
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