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COP26: Barack Obama

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Former US President Barack Obama has

confirmed he will attend the COP26 climate
change summit in Glasgow.

He will join current president Joe Biden and

more than 120 heads of state at the conference,
which gets under way on 31 October.

Mr Obama is expected to meet young climate

change activists and highlight their work around
the world.

COP26 will be the biggest climate change

conference since landmark talks in Paris in 2015.

A spokesman for Mr Obama said he would use

his trip to Scotland to "lay out the important
progress made in the five years since the Paris
Agreement took effect".

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He will also "urge more robust action going

forward by all of us - governments, the private
sector, philanthropy and civil society".

Confirmation of Mr Obama's visit will be seen as

a huge boost for the UN summit, which be held
at the Scottish Exhibition Campus from 31
October until 12 November.

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The summit will take place at the SEC campus in

Glasgow

Boris Johnson and other leaders of the G7

nations are set to lay out plans to cut emissions
causing climate change.

On Friday, aWer weeks of hesitation, Australia's

Prime Minister Scott Morrison also confirmed
he will be at the summit.

But there have been reports China's President Xi

Jinping would not be attending, although the
country will be represented by its government
officials.

Pope Francis announced earlier this month that

he will not travel to Scotland for the conference
aWer earlier saying he would like to do so.

About 25,000 delegates are expected to attend

the Glasgow summit.

Tens of thousands of campaigners and

businesses will also be there to hold events and
stage protests.

The COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow

in November is seen as crucial if climate change
is to be brought under control. Almost 200
countries are being asked for their plans to cut
emissions, and it could lead to major changes
to our everyday lives.

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