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November 1, 2021 "Mankind has run out of time on climate change. Missing one minute at the X and we must act now." So the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a speech held today at the opening ceremony of the Cop26 in Glasgow, Scotland, according to the advances spread by Downing Street and reported by the local press. "If we don't take climate change seriously today, tomorrow will be too late for our children," emphasizes Johnson who will push other world leaders to take concrete steps to phase out coal use, accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and stop deforestation.

After the inaugural speeches, in the afternoon Johnson chairs a round table - in which Mario Draghi also participates - which will see together some of the world's major economies with the countries most exposed to climate change, to understand on which fronts it is necessary to act and set the tone for the discussions of the the next two weeks. Before the round table Johnson will have a series of meetings including a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, and that of Lebanon Najib Mikati.

The Cop26 today and tomorrow will see in Glasgow Heads of State and Government, which will launch in two days political messages needed to give context to the Conference, and then left the field to the negotiators, until 12 November. In the hope that they can find an agreement, under the autumnal clouds of Scotland. It will not be present in the work - for security reasons - the President turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Environment Minister Murat Kurum and other senior officials of the turkish government will participate at the summit anyway. Turkey is the last country in the G20, and among the last in the world, in early October to ratify the Paris agreement on climate.

The concrete objectives of the conference are three of Glasgow. First,  do what is necessary to

compared to pre-industrial levels, as agreed in the Paris of 2015. And, to keep this goal in sight, serving more efforts already in this decade, as the President said European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. In short, those who have made commitments distant in time should also submit interim and concrete plans to implement them, acting already in this decade.

Second, 

that is the financial aid of the most developed countries (largely responsible for global warming) towards the poorest ones, to help them move to a less polluting economy, managing to deliver 100 billion dollars a year already starting from 2022, and not from 2023. Third, to

, the set of rules that, on a scientific basis, will make it possible to measure climate-altering emissions and the exchange of shares between countries, avoiding double counting. E 'technique and the most complicated part of the negotiation, but also the one on which he breathes a certain optimism in Brussels.

The President of the European Commission Von der Leyen will participate in some side events at Cop26. With Joe Biden he will launch a commitment to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030 (gas more harmful to the climate than Co2) and with Bill Gates an initiative to finance green technologies and help bring them to market. The EU then, along with others, will help South Africa to accelerate its exit from the coal, a partnership that could be replicated in other parts of the world.

It is a huge event, with complex challenges. The train strike was averted. On housing we are doing our best to accommodate everyone. But the most important thing now is to fill in the next two weeks, the huge gap that we have on the climate. World leaders will have a huge responsibility. The world is not doing enough, and this summit will decide the fate of the planet. "To say, in an interview with Republic, is the Scottish Premier Nicola Sturgeon, which houses the Cop26 in Glasgow.

" The motto of the Cop is to 'keep alive the dream of 1.5 degrees' and prepare the ground so that this objective can be achieved in the coming years and thus avoid the catastrophe. "A common goal that has passed through the second even ancient rivalry floor:" Although many of our

divergences, with London there was great collaboration in the last few months and I hope that the British government reaches an excellent result with Cop26. In addition, we want to be an example: Scotland has been committed, in a binding manner, to achieve zero emissions by 2045 (five years before the UK and EU), and reduce them by 75% by 2030 ".

"You have to have - then adds Sturgeon - the right approach to the green transition. Consume less, develop energy alternatives, and at the same time redevelop the tens of thousands of people working in the oil and gas sectors. Our Independence Party was elected in the past also for the promises on the exploitation of oil. We can not let these workers back. So, yes, be quick in transition, and when almost 100% of our domestic electricity comes from clean energy. We have a huge potential in that wind. But this revolution must be done in the right way. "

Tens of thousands of activists who have descended on Glasgow in these hours are exerting pressure from the outside on the Conference: they are led by Greta, who was greeted at the station Saturday evening by a crowd of hundreds of people, photographers and policemen.

The young Swede will lead a rally of young Friday, and then talk about Saturday at the largest protest march, but these days it is already Greta-mania.

She last appeared on the screens of the BBC, where he explained that "sometimes we have to make people angry" to be able to pass the right message.