‘It’s incredibly rainy’: Glasgow welcomes Cop26 activists amid waste crisis

Sense of chaos and trepidation, as well as excitement, permeates city ahead of opening of climate summit

It isn't raining as Maria Azul flies into Glasgow airport from Buenos Aires, but there are so many clouds in the sky she knows it will pour down soon enough.

It is Azul's first visit to the city, as part of a Cop26 delegation of frontline activists from Latin America and the Caribbean and she has been duly warned the late autumn weather is incredibly windy and rainy".