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'Our last, best hope': World's focus falls on Glasgow for crucial COP26 climate summit

Tens of thousands gather in Scotland's largest city for UN conference with hopes of reaching breakthrough in limiting global warming to 1.5C still in the balance

Under way: (left to right) Abdulla Shahid, UN General Assembly chair; Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; Carolina Schmidt, Chilean environment minister; COP26 president Alok Sharma; and Hoesung Lee, IPCC chair, during COP26 opening ceremony in Glasgow.
Under way: (left to right) Abdulla Shahid, UN General Assembly chair; Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; Carolina Schmidt, Chilean environment minister; COP26 president Alok Sharma; and Hoesung Lee, IPCC chair, during COP26 opening ceremony in Glasgow.Photo: Reuters/SCANPIX
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Published 31 October 2021, 14:10Updated 3 November 2021, 17:16
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