as one by one they arrive, fresh from the g20 talks in rome. it is a roll call of more than 100 world leaders. there is royalty, too. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall have arrived, he will be speaking on the opening ceremony. nicola sturgeon met climate activist greta thunberg earlier. there are notable absences, too. china and russia will not be joining the talks, the presidents. humanity has lona since talks, the presidents. humanity has long since run talks, the presidents. humanity has long since run down talks, the presidents. humanity has long since run down the talks, the presidents. humanity has long since run down the clock - talks, the presidents. humanity has long since run down the clock on - long since run down the clock on climate change. it is a one minute to midnight on the doomsday clock and we need to act now. so to midnight on the doomsday clock and we need to act now. and we need to act now. so what is co -26? and we need to act now. so wh
are now at the summit but chinese leader xi jinping and russian president vladimir putin are not attending. and a rallying cry to the conference from world renowned natural historian, sir david attenborough. in my lifetime i ve witnessed a terrible decline. in yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery. all this comes as 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. hello and welcome. our continued coverage here of cop26, here in glasgow. the summit billed as a make or break moment a test of whether countries can act together to limit global warming is getting underway. we have the close of the opening ceremony in the last couple of minutes. 7 we had. 120 world leaders are here to begin their speeches to delegates and the uk as the host is front and centre of this huge gathering. in advance of the conference s opening, the prime minister boris johnson has warned tha
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