This is bbc news. i m annita mcveigh live in glasgow where world leaders are gathering for the cop26 climate summit. as it begins, borisjohnson warns humanity has run down the clock on climate change and says urgent action is needed. very, very urgent. notjust for our country, for the whole world. and if i had to give a comparison, i would say it was a one minute to midnight moment. and the clock is ticking. un scientists warn that extreme weather events are the new normal and the past seven years are on course to be the hottest on record. but china one of the world s biggest polluters will not attend the summit
But because of political opposition he was forced to drop a key provision, which is penalising the polluters, so his plan has lost punch. it is mostly carrots now, not really stick. however, it is the largest investment that any us government would have ever made in terms of combating climate change, and that is something that mr biden will be emphasising in glasgow. before we return to annita mcveigh in glasgow, i want to bring you a few lines of breaking news on the dispute over fishing licenses between the uk and france. the french had been threatening to block british boats from their ports from next tuesday but we are hearing in the last few minutes that there has been some resolution on that dispute, orat been some resolution on that dispute, or at least an easing of tensions. we are heeding that france s president, emanuel macron, has told the british prime minister that he wants britain to respect the
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.
Rules but as measures have been put into place to ease the tensions, we are being told. and that the british and french leaders have agreed to a de escalation of the fishing row and have agreed to work in the coming hours towards a de escalation of that dispute over fishing. it has caused a bit of a souring of the atmosphere at the g20 summit in rome, as far as britain and france are concerned and potentially, it was worried there might be some overshadowing of any cop26 climate summit as well, even, but it looks like those cheerleaders, present macron of france those are two leaders have agreed to de escalate that row over fishing. we are going back to annita mcveigh in glasgow on the latest on cop26. thank you very much. apologies for our technical issues here in the middle of my conversation with scott talley, an
Schedule. that is important, annita, because at is frustration amongst the smaller countries and poorer countries that the big emitters and wealthier countries are not doing enough to put their actions in front of their words, in effect. so they will want there to be the real movement on that climate financing issue as well. here in rome and also at the cop26 where you are. really, annita, the president of cop26, alok sharma, saying it is g20 meeting is make or break for the glasgow talks, giving you a sense of how important these final discussions here in rome are before they moved to where you are before they moved to where you are in glasgow. are before they moved to where you are in glasgow- are before they moved to where you are in glasgow. mark, thank you very much. are in glasgow. mark, thank you very much- yes. are in glasgow. mark, thank you very much. yes, much are in glasgow. mark, thank you very much. yes, much better are in glasgow. mark, thank you very much. yes, mu