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A delegate at Cop26
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Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, at the conference. Negotiators from almost 200 nations were made a fresh push on Friday to reach agreements on a series of key issues that would allow them to call this year’s climate talks a success
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The climate envoy for the Marshall Islands, Tina Stege, speaks to the press after a meeting
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Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite, Brazil’s minister for the environment, during an interview at the conference. More than 200 scientists collaborated on a report which finds that more than a third of the world’s biggest tropical forest is degraded or deforested, rainfall is declining and dry seasons are growing longer. The authors have formed the Science Panel for the Amazon, which released its first report on the final scheduled day of Cop26
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Britain’s president for Cop26, Alok Sharma (second from right) speaks with the UNFCCC executive secretary, Patricia Espinosa (third from right) and other members of his team following an informal stocktaking session at the summit. A new draft Cop26 statement called on nations to ease reliance on fossil fuels and boost funding to help vulnerable nations face the climate crisis as talks entered their final hours on Friday
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On Friday evening, Greenpeace raised a banner reading ‘Not for sale’ against the giant globe at the centre of the conference hall in Glasgow. Just days after a landmark climate study warned the earth is on track for 2.4C of warming and three months after the UN’s IPCC report signalled a ‘code red for humanity’
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A study of 36 countries by Climate Action Tracker shows progress has been made at Glasgow, though not nearly enough to keep the world from dangerous levels of heating. Major emitters such as Europe, the US and China have increased their ambition compared with two years ago, but their emissions-cutting pledges remain insufficient to reach the Paris agreement’s target
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Tasneem Essop from Climate Action Network International speaks during a meeting for the fossil fuel treaty initiative
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A delegate at the People’s Conference
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Members of a delegation representing indigenous communities
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Carrying red ribbons to represent the crucial red lines already crossed by Cop26 negotiations, hundreds of representatives walked out of the convention centre in Glasgow on the final morning of the summit in protest
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Climate activists hold a demonstration in the venue during the official final day
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Delegates stage a mass walkout from the climate conference as negotiations reach their climax on the last official day. Stumbling blocks include subsidies for fossil fuels and lack of funding for adaptation by vulnerable countries. The protesters expressed their exasperation at the lack of action at the two-week summit
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Protesters walking out of the conference merge with climate activists outside
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Extinction Rebellion protesters outside the entrance to the venue on Friday. Many climate action groups have taken to the streets during the conference to protest for real progress to be made by governments to reduce carbon emissions, clean up the oceans, reduce fossil fuel use and other issues relating to global heating
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Climate activists take part in a demonstration outside the venue. Negotiators from almost 200 nations were making a fresh push on Friday to reach agreements on a series of key issues
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Delegates chat at the people’s plenary. A draft statement of the Cop26 summit called on nations to ease their reliance on fossil fuels as talks entered their final hours without any sign of delivering the emissions cuts needed to limit global warming to 1.5C
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John Kerry, the United States special presidential envoy for climate (left) attends a plenary session
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Luxembourg negotiator Andrew Ferrone runs inside the conference venue
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Members of the media wait as the conference goes into overtime. Negotiators are still trying to find common ground on phasing out coal
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China’s chief negotiator Xie Zhenhua (right) with John Kerry
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Members of the press working at the conference. Alok Sharma said he expected the negotiations to continue into Saturday afternoon
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