PHOTOS: The faces of COP26
The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, known as COP26, brought world leaders, activists and other interested parties together from Oct. 31 to Nov. 13 to debate and implement solutions to climate change.
Seve Paeniu, minister of Finance of the tiny island nation of Tuvalu, shows photos of his grandchildren on his phone as he makes his plea for action at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 13, 2021.
Alok Sharma, president of the COP26 summit, is briefed on late developments Nov. 13.
Xie Zhenhua (left), China’s chief negotiator, talks with U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry as Frans Timmermans (right) of the European Union looks on Nov. 13.
U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry consults with Alok Sharma (left), President of COP26, near the end of the summit Nov. 13.
Bhupender Yadav, India’s environment minister, on Nov. 13. He told negotiators the blame for global warming lay with “unsustainable lifestyles and wasteful consumption patterns” in rich countries.
A demonstrator is confronted at the summit Nov. 13.
Kristina E. Stege, a delegate from the Marshall Islands, speaks to the media Nov. 12. “We must strengthen action on loss and damage,” she said in a plea for aid for nations hit hardest by climate change.
Aminath Shauna, Maldives’ minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, warned Nov. 4 of dire consequences for her island nation.
President Joe Biden addresses the summit in Glasgow on Nov. 1. “This is a decisive decade in which we have an opportunity to prove ourselves,” he said.
President Emmanuel Macron of France makes a point during the opening ceremony Nov. 1. He said: “Too many of us make commitments here and then sign trade agreements that do exactly the opposite.”
President George Weah of Liberia speaks at the opening ceremony Nov. 1. “We who are the richest in terms of forest resources and biodiversity, are the poorest in terms of socio-economic development,” he noted.
Britain’s Prince Charles speaks with actor Leonardo DiCaprio (left) in Glasgow on Nov. 3. The prince told the summit it was necessary to put the world on “a war-like footing” to confront climate change.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks alongside fellow activists during a demonstration at Festival Park in Glasgow on Nov. 1.
Climate activist Vanessa Nakate (second from right) and other activists engage in a protest at the summit Nov. 8.
A protester wears a caricature head of Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a protest near the venue of the summit Nov. 12.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the press at the summit Nov. 10. He faced questions about a domestic scandal even as his nation hosted the event.
Alok Sharma, President of the COP26 summit, speaks during the procedural opening on Oct. 31.
Yasmine Fouad, the minister of Environment for Egypt, speaks during the closing session. Egypt will host the COP27 conference in November 2022.