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Glasgow is UK's choice to host COP26 UN climate summit

Madeleine Cuff

Madeleine Cuff

09 August 2019 • 4 min read

If UK and Italian joint proposal to host COP26 succeeds, crunch UN Summit will be held in Glasgow in late 2020

Glasgow has been chosen as the host city for the UK government's bid to host the crucial COP26 Climate Summit next year, in a decision announced today. With 30,000 people from around the world expected...

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