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Delegates queuing to get into the COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow yesterday

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What is it like to be at COP26? Utter chaos, huge queues and FOMO

The global climate summit has had a chaotic start, with delegates struggling to enter the venue and attend meetings, and journalists being told they’d be better off watching online, reports Graham Lawton.

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Sweets

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Buying fewer snacks and ready meals could slash US carbon footprint

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COP26 news: A day of promises on water, methane and fossil fuels

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COP26 news: A day of promises on water, methane and fossil fuels

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Methane seeps from waste at a dumping zone in Belgharia, India.

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COP26: 105 countries pledge to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent

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Peat cut and left to dry

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Scotch whisky-makers rely on peat smoke – but it's a climate concern

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Scientific instruments in space are monitoring how Earth's climate is changing

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6 charts that show what climate change is doing to our planet

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Narendra Modi

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COP26: Why India's 2070 net-zero pledge is better news than it sounds

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2E3TB2E Soy plantation in Amazon rainforest near Santarem - deforestation for the agribusiness - economic development creating environmental degradation - isolated Brazil nut trees sentenced to death. Opening of a road where before there was a forest.

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Over 100 countries at COP26 pledge to end deforestation by 2030

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alastair Grant/AP/Shutterstock (12581861d) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres during arrivals at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, . The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming Climate COP26 Summit, Glasgow, United Kingdom - 01 Nov 2021

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COP26 news: World leaders give dire warnings on the summit's first day

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TOPSHOT - A woman looks at wildfires tearing through a forest in the region of Chefchaouen in northern Morocco on August 15, 2021. - Firefighters were battling overnight to put out two forest blazes, a forestries official said as the North African kingdom swelters in a heatwave that saw temperatures of up to 49 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit) on the weekend, according to weather authorities. Morocco joins several other Mediterranean countries that have seen forest fires in recent weeks, including neighbouring Algeria where at least 90 people were killed in wildfires last week. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP26: Last seven years warmest on record, says UN climate report

As the COP26 climate summit opens in Glasgow, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says global average temperatures have been 1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels for two decades

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COP26 news: Daily updates from the global climate summit in Glasgow

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RRS Sir David Attenborough and Boaty McBoatface visit London

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China's new climate plan promises to peak CO2 emissions before 2030

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Eat less meat and fly less to help climate, says Patrick Vallance

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