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will be bringing you those pictures here on bbc and so stay with us for that. we can go over to the conference centre in glasgow and there you have the uk prime minister borisjohnson welcoming world leaders to the summit alongside antonio guterres secretary general of the united nations. they have been welcoming world leaders during the course of the morning. around 120 of them will be the for the next two days. the opening ceremony, described as being a significant, symbolic and impactful moment. throughout today and tomorrow leaders from across the world will be coming together in glasgow to give national statements and an important event taking place this
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. this is 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 the leader of china the world s biggest polluter will not attend the summit in glasgow president xi
president wrote an opinion piece in newsweek, where he highlighted the fact that many renewable energy technologies are not yet at the level where they can be used in africa, without back up diesel generators. he says the use of fossil fuels is still going to generators. he says the use of fossilfuels is still going to be necessary here, particularly when it comes to generating enough electricity to fuel development in this country of 200 million people. it is currently slated to be the third most populous country in the world by the end of the century. so, the authorities here are incredibly concerned with how to develop the country enough, turn it into an industrialised nation, to provide enough employment for all of these people. and they say transitioning to renewables to quick simply won t allow them to do this. lets look over the clyde at what is happening in the blue zone, where world leaders are gathering for the first day of the leaders summit. there you have borisjohnson,
antonio guterres, the secretary general of the united nations. they have been, and they continue to greet world leaders arriving here. around 120 of them. this stage of the process is taking a little while, and later in the day we are expecting. may be they have finished, actually, as they walk off the stage. they may have finished that meet and greet part of it. isn t it typical? you come to a shot like that and they finish meeting or 120 or so world leaders. but we will be hearing a number of very significant speeches later on throughout the day and we will bring you all of the key moments that you need to hear about from cop26. most people understand that something needs to be done to tackle climate change. but what risks do big multi national companies face if they don t transition to reducing their carbon footprint. let s talk to rowan davies from the climate 81 resilience hub of the world s largest insurance broker, willis towers watson which is part of the coalition for climat