Alex Thomson , Chief Correspondent

We need to ratchet up a gear, pleaded Alok Sharma, the president of the COP summit, as he urged negotiators to cooperate to achieve a deal. 

The draft deal is on the table and now the real horse trading on emissions has begun. 

There’s not much time, and a mountain to climb: that’s the message to leaders at the COP26 summit here in Glasgow, where the president of the talks Alok Sharma has urged countries to set even more ambitious goals, to have any chance of keeping global warming in check.

Former US President Barack Obama took to the COP stage to declare that the US is ready to lead the world again in fighting climate change, after helping to navigate the Paris agreement in 2015

We spoke to US climate envoy John Kerry and asked him what he thought of Greta Thunberg describing the COP26 climate conference as a “greenwash festival”.

The focus at COP26 today has been on fossil fuels and there has been a world first – 25 countries including the United States have promised to stop using taxpayers money to invest in foreign coal, oil, or gas projects by the end of next year and focus on clean energy instead.

In Glasgow, after all the pledges to protect the planet and ensure a greener future, the talk has turned to how to pay for it all. 

Some 110 nations have signed up to the pledge to protect and expand the world’s forests, with plenty of bold declarations about the importance of saving the “lungs of the earth” – and there’s some big money behind it too. 

Scores of countries have joined a pledge to slash methane emissions by 30% by the end of the decade, with  President Biden welcoming what he called a “game-changing commitment”.

The Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior has sailed up the Clyde towards the heart of Glasgow, with youth climate activists on board from areas most affected by global warming. 

Well our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson is inside what’s known as the Blue Zone, where delegates from nearly 200 countries have been arriving for the two-week summit.

Now with the COP26 climate summit starting on Monday in Glasgow, questions have been raised about the fossil fuel industry’s influence over the event.

As we approach COP26, the news gets bleaker; greenhouse gas emissions hit a record high last year according to a UN report.

We spoke to the designer Wayne Hemingway, an adviser to the Mayor of London on housing and design and a former chair of Building for Life, and Chris Thompson, managing director of Citu, the developers of the Climate Innovation District in Leeds.

Dozens of people have been arrested after Insulate Britain protesters blocked roads again today. Their now month-long campaign of direct action may be infuriating motorists, but do they have a point?