Cop26: What happened on first day of climate change summit

Delegates pick up their accreditation at the Scottish Event Campus ahead of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow (Andrew Milligan/PA)

The Cop26 summit kicked off in Glasgow on Sunday. Here’s what happened on day one

– UK politician Alok Sharma officially assumed the role of Cop26 President, taking over the gavel and presiding duties from Chile’s Carolina Schmidt Zaldivar, with a warning that the conference was the last best chance to keep global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.