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A demonstrator at the Fridays for Future march through Glasgow. PA
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Colombian climate activist Francisco Javier Vera, 12, strikes a cheerful pose at the Cop26 summit, in Glasgow, Scotland. AFP
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A demonstrator stands in front of a police line at a Fridays For Future march in Glasgow. Getty Images
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The melting remains of an iceberg delivered by members of Arctic Basecamp science campaign group to Glasgow. The four-tonne block of ice – originally part of a larger glacier – was brought from Greenland to highlight the climate crisis. AP Photo
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From left, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change executive secretary Patricia Espinosa, Cop26 president Alok Sharma and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon host the Unifying for Change: The Global Youth Voice event. Getty Images
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US climate envoy John Kerry, right, greets former French premier and foreign minister Laurent Fabius, who oversaw the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change. AFP
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British television personality and survival expert Bear Grylls, who is also chief ambassador of World Scouting, attends the summit. Reuters
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Tongan artist and activist Uili Lousi stands alongside 'Flare (Oceania) 2021', created by Irish artist John Gerrard. The real-time moving image shows a simulation of the seas around Tonga. PA
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Attendees walk towards the Cop26 venue. Bloomberg
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A demonstrator at the Fridays for Future march through Glasgow. PA
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Colombian climate activist Francisco Javier Vera, 12, strikes a cheerful pose at the Cop26 summit, in Glasgow, Scotland. AFP
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A demonstrator stands in front of a police line at a Fridays For Future march in Glasgow. Getty Images
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The melting remains of an iceberg delivered by members of Arctic Basecamp science campaign group to Glasgow. The four-tonne block of ice – originally part of a larger glacier – was brought from Greenland to highlight the climate crisis. AP Photo
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From left, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change executive secretary Patricia Espinosa, Cop26 president Alok Sharma and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon host the Unifying for Change: The Global Youth Voice event. Getty Images
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US climate envoy John Kerry, right, greets former French premier and foreign minister Laurent Fabius, who oversaw the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change. AFP
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British television personality and survival expert Bear Grylls, who is also chief ambassador of World Scouting, attends the summit. Reuters
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Tongan artist and activist Uili Lousi stands alongside 'Flare (Oceania) 2021', created by Irish artist John Gerrard. The real-time moving image shows a simulation of the seas around Tonga. PA
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Attendees walk towards the Cop26 venue. Bloomberg
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A demonstrator at the Fridays for Future march through Glasgow. PA
Cop26: how has the UAE been involved so far?
World's leaders are meeting in Glasgow to discuss ways to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
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