World ‘dangerously close’ to running out of time on climate change

"Unless we act now, we will, unfortunately, be out of time," said the president of the upcoming climate talks in Glasgow.

Cop26 president Alok Sharma will say in a speech on Friday that Cop26 will be "our last hope" at limiting global warming to 1.5C. 

The world is getting "dangerously close" to running out of time to avert catastrophic climate change, Cop26 president Alok Sharma has said.

Mr Sharma — who is tasked with making a success of the upcoming climate talks in Glasgow — said that failing to limit warming to 1.5C would be "catastrophic".