COP26 President-Designate and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma: "The world is currently facing an unprecedented global challenge and countries are rightly focusing their efforts on saving lives and fighting COVID-19. "We look forward to working collaboratively with partners to deliver an ambitious and effective conference that ensures Scotland plays a leading role to help promote the increased global effort to tackle climate change. We have worked closely in the G7 and G20 to promote climate change, build resilience and unlock sustainable finance, including for the world’s most climate vulnerable countries; and we have a unique opportunity next year when the UK and Italy hold the G7 and G20 Presidencies respectively.

Expertise from across the globe will convene in Glasgow alongside heads of state, climate experts, campaigners and entrepreneurs, to agree coordinated action to tackle climate change.

"Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the announcement was a "vote of confidence" from the UK's international partners. Since the Paris agreement, the annual gathering has been seeking to further the international commitment to limit global temperature rises.But that work doesn't just happen in the scheduled two weeks where delegates gather at cities around the world, in this case Glasgow.International diplomacy by the next host nation - the UK for COP26 - begins the moment the gavel comes down on the previous COP.Without it, there would be very little progress and with minds so heavily focused on tackling Covid-19 this other crisis - the climate one - has taken a bit of a back seat.Plus, countries will need to understand what their starting position is with economies being crushed by the pandemic.Many world leaders are talking of a "green recovery" and so allowing this breathing space might be beneficial to the long term climate cause.This year marks the date by which countries are expected to come forward with stronger emissions cuts to meet the goals of the deal.Plans submitted so far put the world on a pathway towards more than 3C of warming, though the Paris Agreement commits countries to curb temperatures to 1.5C or 2C above pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.But with countries around the world grappling with coronavirus, and many putting citizens in lockdown, governments have prioritised the immediate global health crisis.Since the pandemic took hold, greenhouse gas emissions have dropped sharply as industry and transport have been curtailed, but experts have warned that pollution will soon bounce back without climate action.There have been warnings that the climate crisis has not gone away in the face of Covid-19.And there have been widespread calls on governments to ensure the economy recovery from the pandemic is "green", investing in areas such as renewables, home insulation, public transport and cycling and tree planting to boost jobs and improve lives.Richard Black, director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), said: "The UK's proposed new dates for COP26 probably make sense given the realities of how Covid-19 is unfolding across the world, but what will surprise some is that despite saying 'ambition must continue', the proposal doesn't specify sticking to the schedule of the Paris Agreement. Fully committed to the principles of the UN, our partnership will focus on promoting tangible action that brings to life the transformational change required to unleash the full potential of the Paris Agreement.The UK and Italy already have a proven track-record of working together to champion the need for urgent climate action:We’re both members of the Powering Past Coal Alliance and together, we’ve committed to phase out coal power by 2025.As members of the High Ambition Coalition, we’ve worked in partnership with progressive countries to push for ambitious outcomes.

This role sits within the COP26 Unit, a Cabinet Office unit responsible for the operational and policy delivery of COP26 which will be hosted by the UK in November 2021.

The Whitehall view is that this is an extraordinary opportunity.

By continuing to use this site we assume that you are consenting to their use. Up to 30,000 delegates are expected to attend COP26 will take place in November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. The UK is the host. Sources have told BBC Scotland that police will seek additional funding from the Scottish and UK governments.Deputy chief constable Malcolm Graham said: "Police Scotland has an enviable reputation for successfully and safely policing major events. "Since 1990 the UK has reduced its emissions by over 40% while growing the economy by over two thirds. Both countries also pledged to net zero emissions by 2050. The Scottish Events Campus includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro

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