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Dawn breaks over the SEC in Glasgow. Today the focus is on accelerating the global transition to clean energy
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A Cop26 flag and a UN flag hang from the balcony of a flat next to the summit site
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The aim of this year’s conference is to commit countries to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
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Delegates arrive to bright sunshine on energy day
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Protesters dressed as Pikachu call on the Japanese government to end coal-burning. Activists with the No Coal Japan coalition are demanding the country stop financing overseas coal projects and phase out domestic coal use by 2030. They say Japan intends to build 10 more coal-fired power stations
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Alok Sharma, the president of the Cop26 summit, speaks on energy
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Peeking through a window at a conference event
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Journalists in the international media centre on energy day
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An official using a computer in the media centre
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The US energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, gestures as she speaks during a panel discussion
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The general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, Sharan Burrow, prepares to speak to delegates
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Britain’s business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, speaks to delegates
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Delegates sit in the plenary during speeches on energy
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The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg leaves the Shell panel
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Extinction Rebellion protesters in Glasgow
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Delegates wait for the start of an event
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Xie Zhenhua (centre), China’s special envoy for climate change, takes part on an interview. Donald Trump’s withdrawal of US from the Paris agreement wasted nearly five years in tackling climate change, Xie has said
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An Extinction Rebellion protester
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Delegates at the SEC in Glasgow, Scotland
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Former BBC correspondent Luisa Baldini
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John Kerry, US special presidential envoy on climate, launches the First Movers Coalition, the green initiative announced by President Biden in Glasgow.
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People protest the administration of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (WIM).
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British minister for business, energy and clean growth Greg Hands speaks during conference.
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Selwin Hart, UN special adviser and assistant secretary-general for climate action and Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, look on during the conference.
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Climate and peace protest at Cop26.
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Govan locals turn out of shops, pubs and hairdressers to watch in surprise as the Extinction Rebellion and XR Peace demo goes by.
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Extinction Rebellion activists participate in a protest outside BAE Systems.
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Delegates gather for a meeting during the conference.
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Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon viewing a vertical farm.
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Youth climate activist Kato Ewekia Taomia from Tuvalu takes part in a session during Cop26.
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Youth protest during the fifth day of the Cop26 UN climate change conference.
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