UN Climate Change Conference begins in Scotland

The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UNFCCC  held in Glasgow, Scotland, started. World leaders met today in Glasgow to discuss the global threat of the climate change crisis. More than 190 world leaders will participate, along with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks. The conference will focus on limiting global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and reaching the target of zero carbon emissions by 2050.