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COP 26: New date agreed for UN climate summit in Glasgow
May 29, 2020
A new date has been agreed for an international climate change summit in Glasgow.
The COP26 UN summit will now take place between 1 and 12 November next year.
It was originally supposed to take place in November 2020. However, it had to be postponed due to the pandemic.
Dozens of world leaders will attend the gathering, the most important round of talks since the global Paris Agreement to tackle climate change was secured in 2015.
This year's event was due to take place at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, which has been turned into a temporary hospital in response to coronavirus.
'Clean, resilient recovery' from Covid-19
COP26 President Alok Sharma said: "While we rightly focus on fighting the immediate crisis of the coronavirus, we must not lose sight of the huge challenges of climate change."
Mr Sharma, who is also the UK government's business secretary, added: "With the new dates for COP26 now agreed we are working with our international partners on an ambitious roadmap for global climate action between now and November 2021.
"The steps we take to rebuild our economies will have a profound impact on our societies' future sustainability, resilience and wellbeing and COP26 can be a moment where the world unites behind a clean resilient recovery.
The UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, said: "If done right, the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis can steer us to a more inclusive and sustainable climate path."
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