Queen Elizabeth II will attend the United Nations climate change conference in Scotland in November.
FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday July 8, 2021, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the set of the long running TV series Coronation Street, in Manchester, England. Queen Elizabeth II will attend the United Nations’ climate change conference being held in Scotland in November 2021, the British president of the COP26 conference, Alok Sharma said Friday Aug. 27, 2021. in November, organizers said Friday.
British official Alok Sharma, president of the COP26 conference, said he is “absolutely delighted” the queen will be at the event, which is due to be held in Glasgow Nov. 1-12.World leaders, climate campaigners and activists from around the world are due to attend the U.N. conference, which was postponed for a year because of theThe host, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, hopes to secure emissions-cutting commitments to limit global temperature rises to 1.