Cop26 diary: Women demanding to be empowered in climate fight 

Climate change is not gender neutral and its impacts amplify existing inequality

Protesters at the entrance to the Cop26 summit in Glasgow on Thursday. Picture: Andrew Milligan

Day 10 of Cop. It is a mild, sunny day in Glasgow and the queues to get into the Scottish Event Centre, locally christened the Armadillo, show no signs of slowing. The world leaders have left but the ministers are on site, negotiating the finer points of the promises made last week. This is where the work really gets done.

The mood has changed. Last week ended on an optimistic note. We were on target for a reduction in global warming of 1.8C by 2100 if all countries abided by the commitments made in the summit.