COP26 Climate Conference opens in Glasgow

The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow formally opened on Sunday. President of the COP26 Summit said in his opening speech he believed "this international system can deliver" the negotiations needed to reach its goal.

Alok Sharma, President of COP26 Summit said "The rapidly changing climate is sounding an alarm to the world to step up on adaptation, to address loss and damage, and to act now to keep 1.5 (degrees Celsius or 2.7 Fahrenheit) alive. And we know that this COP, COP26 is our last best hope to keep 1.5 in reach. Now I know that we have an unprecedented negotiations agenda ahead of us, but I believe that this international system can deliver. It must deliver."

The meeting will see Negotiators from almost 200 countries attempt to tackle issues left hanging since the 2015 Paris climate accord was forged, and find ways to ratchet up their efforts to keep global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius this century compared with pre-industrial times.