UK will vaccinate and test to ensure Cop26 is in-person event

Alok Sharma is working with health experts and Scottish government on best way for climate summit to go aheadCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK government will use Covid-19 vaccinations and testing to try to ensure vital UN climate talks this year go ahead in person, rather than as an online event.Alok Sharma, a former UK business secretary and now president-designate of Cop26, the climate summit to be held in Glasgow this November, said: "I have always been very clear that this should be the most inclusive Cop ever. I have been travelling around the world and it is very clear to me that people want to see a physical Cop, in particular developing countries want this to be face to face." Continue reading...