UK chooses Glasgow to host major UN climate change summit
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4MYR1)
Picking city as likely venue of COP26 may be seen as move to shore up pro-union sentiment
A crucial climate change conference expected to be co-hosted by the UK would take place in Glasgow, the government has announced, in a move that will be seen as trying to dampen pro-independence sentiment in Scotland.
The UK is bidding to host COP26, the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC), alongside Italy.
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