Cop26 day 0: Glasgow prepares – in pictures

Passengers at Amsterdam Central station board a special ‘climate train’, bound for Glasgow via Rotterdam, Brussels and London

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Greta Thunberg prepares to board a train to Glasgow at Euston station in London

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Police surround Greta Thunberg as she arrives at Glasgow Central station

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A green LED arch installed at No 10 Downing Street to mark the start of Cop26

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Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, attends a ceremony to welcome delegates from Minga Indigena, a collective of indigenous organisations and communities from North and South America

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Pilgrimage groups and artists, including members of XR Faith, on the last leg of their walk to Glasgow

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A girl holds up a sign at a hotel window overlooking the Cop26 venue

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The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, the venue for Cop26

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Delegates walk through the blue zone of the conference venue

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Delegates use of private booths based on telephone boxes at the conference venue

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Members of the press photograph speakers on stage during the Cop26 opening ceremony

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The president of the UN general assembly, Abdulla Shahid (left), shakes hands with the Cop26 president, Alok Sharma, during the opening ceremony

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India Logan-Riley, a representative of indigenous peoples, addresses the conference

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Dr Hoesung Lee, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), at the opening ceremony

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The head of Cop25, Carolina Schmidt, hands over the presidency to Alok Sharma

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The Cop26 media room

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Delegates work at individual workstations at the Cop26 venue

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A woman takes photos of climate change cartoons at the Cop26 venue

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A giant globe hangs from the ceiling of the conference hall

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People work on their laptops on the Cop26 venue

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Extinction Rebellion activists march in Edinburgh

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Climate crisis demonstrators march in Brussels, Belgium

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Religious leaders hold a Cop26 vigil in Glasgow’s George Square

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Notes with messages and pledges at the SEC

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Travellers wait at Euston Station after bad weather led to the cancellation of trains to Glasgow

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A Cop26 delegate at the SEC speaks on a phone

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A Cop26 delegate walks past a mural at the SEC

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