Wanted: your spare room for global visitors to Glasgow's climate summit

Locals in the host city are being asked to offer a warm welcome to indigenous delegates visiting for Cop26In October, Calfín Lafkenche of the Mapuche people of Patagonia, on the southernmost tip of Chile, will embark on an 8,000-mile journey across the Atlantic. He won't be the only one taking such a trip; indigenous people from Peru's highest mountains will walk for eight hours to board day-long flights, while those from the deepest Amazon will travel for two days to board a canoe bound for their nearest town. Their ultimate destination? Glasgow.These are just some of the indigenous communities journeying across the globe to make their voices heard for the first time at Cop26, the UN climate change conference taking place in Glasgow from November. Continue reading...