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Coronavirus forces postponement of COP26 meeting in Glasgow
A key climate summit in Glasgow will be delayed until next year due to disruption caused by the coronavirus.
The announcement was made in a joint statement from the UK and UN after a "virtual" meeting of officials.
Dozens of world leaders were due to attend the COP26 gathering that was set to run in Glasgow from November 9 this year.
It is expected that the conference will now take place by the middle of next year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52122450
The announcement was made in a joint statement from the UK and UN after a "virtual" meeting of officials.
Dozens of world leaders were due to attend the COP26 gathering that was set to run in Glasgow from November 9 this year.
It is expected that the conference will now take place by the middle of next year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52122450
As the article points out, the conference centre that was to host it is about the be turned into a temporary hospital. I hope they still won't need that in November, but who knows? And I suppose there would have been lots of pre-summit meetings this summer.
