Why Joe Biden really wants to come Glasgow for Cop26 Climate Summit
The US President's among 26 world leaders coming for the talks
Last updated 22nd Sep 2021
US President, Joe Biden, say's he's "anxious'' to be in Glasgow in person to attend the Cop26 climate summit being held at the SEC as world leaders meet for talks on climate change.
UK ministers are keen for the Cop26 conference to involve face-to-face meetings and speeches after the event was delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Joe Biden has given his clearest indication yet that he plans to travel from the US to the summit 2hich will run for two weeks from October 31 to November 12.
Speaking in the White House during a meeting on Tuesday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Mr Biden said: "As we look ahead to the UK hosting Cop26, which I'm really anxious to attend in Glasgow in November.
"We're going to be there with bells on, as they say.''
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What will Cop26 achieve?
Mr Johnson and Cop26 President Alok Sharma are working to ensure that the talks in Glasgow result in an agreement to slow global warming."
They are pursuing a target of limiting any further temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius in a bid to prevent the worst affects of climate change being realised.
The summit will involve calls to accelerate the phasing out of coal, curtail deforestation, speed up the switch to electric vehicles and encourage investment in renewables.
Mr Johnson has been pressing world leaders to pledge 100 billion dollars annually to help support developing nations deal with the impact of climate change as part of Cop efforts - a request Mr Biden responded to by committing to try and double the US's outlay to 11.4 billion dollars per year, or £8.3 billion.
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