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Thousands of people march through the streets of Glasgow to highlight the disconnect between the glacial pace of emissions reductions and the climate emergency already swamping countries across the world. The Scottish city is hosting the COP26 climate summit, where delegates from nearly 200 countries are meeting to hammer out how to meet the Paris Agreement goals of limiting temperature rises to between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius. IMAGES
Nottingham, Oct 15 (EFE) .- Fifteen days before the upcoming COP26 begins, a courageous group of ten environmentalists has already managed to complete half of the thousand-kilometer route that crosses the British island to Glasgow on foot, where the world climate summit takes place this year.SHOT LIST: THE GROUP OF 10 ENVIRONMENTALISTS WALKING THROUGH NOTTINGHAM, ON THEIR WAY TO GLASGOW ON FOOT.SOUND BITES: ETIENNE SCOTT, LOCAL ACTIVIST FROM NOTTINGHAM'S EXTINCTION REBELLION AND OLYMPIC MEDALIST IN CANOEING.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hails a global accord to speed up action against climate change as "truly historic" and "the beginning of the end for coal power". But he said his "delight at this progress" at the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow was "tinged with disappointment" because of a failure to secure the agreement of all countries to phase out hydrocarbons. SOUNDBITE
COP26 President Alok Sharma urges delegates to accept a draft summit decision, saying the "balanced" deal at the UN climate talks "really moves things forward for everyone". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the COP26 venue in Glasgow, returning for the second time to check on the progress made, as a draft UN climate summit text urged countries to boost their emissions cutting goals by 2022, three years ahead of schedule. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather in front of the Paris City Hall to take part in worldwide demonstrations against what campaigners say is a lack of urgency to address global warming at a crunch UN climate summit. IMAGES
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