Calls to postpone Cop26 climate talks to allow poorer countries to attend

A general view of The SSE Hydro on the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, which will be one of the venues for the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties – also known as Cop26 (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Environmental groups have called for crucial UN climate talks being held in Glasgow to be postponed amid fears people from poorer countries will not be able to fully take part.

But the UK government insists it is rolling out vaccines for foreign delegates and will fund quarantine hotels for those who would not be able to pay as part of efforts to ensure the Cop26 conference in November can go ahead.