hello welcome back to glasgow, and the crucial opening day of the cop 26 summit. 120 heads of state are here for the first day of negotiations. everyone gets their say at a cop summit and in this room behind me we have had some pretty punchy speeches this afternoon from a number of the leaders. and we have a firm promise at last from india s prime minister narendra modi on net zero carbon emissions, however the goal is 2070, there been a number of leaders. in the southern leaders in the small island states and the host prime minister will not mind that. there s nothing like being face to face with those most impacted by your decisions. it is the technical teams that will hammer out the details in the back rooms, but it is the leaders that must set the scale of the ambition.
general. and the queen, who can t attend in person due to medical advice, sends a message to the world s leaders in glasgow. none of us underestimates the challenges ahead. but history has shown that when nations come together in common cause there is always room for hope. hello and welcome to glasgow, the end of the crucial opening day of the cop 26 summit. 120 heads of state are here for the first day of negotiations, and already a handful of developments. arguably the most significant came from narendra modi, who announced that india would will meet a net zero emissions target by 2070. it is quite the step for the world s third largest polluter, which until now had resisted