AUNTIE SOCIAL: COP 26 Day One In Tweets

Queues abandoned at #COP26… repeated pleas for ‘no pictures, no filming’ pic.twitter.com/4WM3QHqF7C

— George Smeeton (@GSmeeton) November 1, 2021

World leaders, environmental experts and activists all pleaded for decisive action to halt global warming at the start of the two-week COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow https://t.co/ORNUYPLnFW pic.twitter.com/RYmC0tHFwh

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 2, 2021

The sirens are sounding.

Our planet is telling us something – and so are people everywhere.

We must listen — we must act — and we must choose wisely.

Choose ambition.

Choose solidarity.

Choose to safeguard our future and save humanity.#COP26 pic.twitter.com/XHXpTd1p3H

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) November 1, 2021

Oxfam said it was vital that world leaders come up with an action and not just 'hot air' at #COP26, as activists from the British charity dressed in kilts and held bagpipes featuring leaders of the highest-emitting nations pic.twitter.com/R9guduf5ZL

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 1, 2021

EARLIER: "Climate change is already ravaging the world," Biden says at #COP26 in Glasgow. "It's not hypothetical" https://t.co/dcmuP3uMsh pic.twitter.com/krW6odEyK0

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) November 2, 2021

One of the amazing things about #COP26 is the energy of the protestors and their symbolism – if only these young people ran our countries we would already be decarbonising our whole world. pic.twitter.com/Et863RSYof

— Professor Mark Maslin 💙 (@ProfMarkMaslin) November 1, 2021

@Channel4News coverage of today's journey made by four @FFFMAPA activists to Glasgow, bound for #COP26 aboard the Rainbow Warrior.

Story by @alextomo https://t.co/zZfKlMwqwM

— Greenpeace UK Press Office (@GPUKnews) November 1, 2021

Will the Rainbow Warrior make it under the Erskine Bridge..? pic.twitter.com/iYqC8r3y2g

— stuart murdoch (@nee_massey) November 1, 2021

"Change is not going to come from inside there. That is not leadership – this is leadership." @GretaThunberg | @Fridays4future pic.twitter.com/Ogc8Znkxpl

— COP26 Coalition (@COP26_Coalition) November 1, 2021

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge pictured walking through Glasgow Central station #COP26

[Pic: @MearnsColin]

🚨Follow LIVE updates:https://t.co/AUynH5T7pa pic.twitter.com/aiJolfXyEc

— The Herald (@heraldscotland) November 1, 2021

#COP26 curtain raiser delivers rhetoric and heartfelt pleas for action – but Boris Johnson fails to read the mood of the room. https://t.co/5iU1ICEXA9 pic.twitter.com/6bnihkGnKJ

— The Scotsman (@TheScotsman) November 1, 2021

"I'm not going to say the decision here on television"

Asked whether the Cambo oil field, off Shetland, will get government go-ahead Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng says "it's a planning decision that we're going to examine#COP26BBC https://t.co/Dxp8PGqhtx pic.twitter.com/LAIOy6kaGP

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) November 1, 2021

'Today those who've done the least to cause this problem are being hardest hit', says #COP26 People's Advocate David Attenborough.

He adds 'we must recapture billions of tonnes of carbon from the air'.

Follow live: https://t.co/XtG4l9UAZu pic.twitter.com/62ObTfT9tq

— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 1, 2021

Txai Surui from the Amazon rainforest has addressed the COP26 climate conference

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 1, 2021

Motorists stunned as US President Joe Biden's cars pull up at Edinburgh petrol station https://t.co/IQqecHOdG0 pic.twitter.com/QJNlDpqMSZ

— Edinburgh Evening News (@edinburghpaper) November 1, 2021

Today at #COP26 the United States is launching its Long Term Strategy to reach #NetZero emissions by 2050. Thread with figures —> pic.twitter.com/fUm6M8uVIJ

— Nate Hultman (@natehultman) November 1, 2021

I’m now reporting from Edinburgh in Scotland where 20,000 world leaders and delegates have gathered for the COP26 Climate Summit. COP, by the way, stands for “Conference of the Parties.” It’s the 26th time they have gathered to discuss and take action on this critical issue. pic.twitter.com/BGTAeU5cBy

— Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) November 1, 2021

First major deal at COP26 climate summit sees 100 nations promise to end deforestation by 2030 and protect "lungs of our planet"#COP26BBC https://t.co/8As3QgLRLH

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 1, 2021

'We are doing this not for ourselves but for our children and our children’s children, and those who will follow in their footsteps'

Watch the Queen's COP26 climate speech to world leaders in full:https://t.co/H5aclKjrWl pic.twitter.com/QuXSuEaPUx

— ITV News (@itvnews) November 1, 2021

Greta in Govan @GretaThunberg pic.twitter.com/xK5s7V5q5L

— Peter Cassidy (@petercassidy20) November 1, 2021

Welcoming the World to #COP26 pic.twitter.com/6fKISJt0KH

— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) November 1, 2021

COP26 meeting at Kelvingrove sees Glasgow residents denied access to own homeshttps://t.co/ji2Dtw7YPD

— Glasgow Live (@Glasgow_Live) November 1, 2021

Kelvingrove Leaders Dinner pic.twitter.com/RlOkOEqpZp

— Ribeka (@r_ibeka) November 1, 2021