Pádraig Hoare: Climate triumph or tragedy - it's in our hands

There's still time for remarkable triumph, but also unbearable tragedy. The choice, it seems, is ours, writes Pádraig Hoare

Oxfam's Hot Air Band protest at Glasgow's Royal Exchange Square during the Cop26 UN Climate Summit. Photo: Hasan Esen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Normally when thousands brave the bitter winter Scottish wind to flock from trains and buses from Glasgow's city centre to watch some of the world's main players be tested and criticised, it is part of one of the world's most famous football derbies, Celtic vs Rangers in the 'Old Firm'.

The eyes of the globe are on the latest battle to be fought out in Glasgow, the Cop26 United Nations (UN) climate change conference billed as a last-chance saloon to save the planet from destruction.