Glasgow Times

Cop26 summit call

- BY TOM TORRANCE

A MAJOR climate change summit in the UK should be held in person this year, a Government minister has said.

Environmen­t Secretary George Eustice said he believes the Cop26 climate conference, set to take place in Glasgow in November, would be “much more effective” if people were able to physically attend.

The event had been postponed from November 2020 due to the pandemic.

He said: “There is a Cop secretaria­t or a Cop bureau that ultimately makes these final decisions but they do so in very close co-operation with the host country.

“We delayed it obviously last year because we wanted it to happen in person.

“I think it’s much more effective if it does happen in person and that’s absolutely our intention.

“There may be components of it that are part-virtual that some people attend virtually but we think for the main leader summit that it happens in person and that’s our intention.”

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she does not plan to attend the Glasgow event and suggested it be postponed.

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