Cop26 delegates will be exempt from the Scottish government’s vaccine passport requirement and will instead be asked to take a lateral flow test each day.
In a move which has said to have angered hospitality bosses, about 30,000 delegates will be allowed to enter the main conference – Scottish Event Campus – and fringe events without showing proof of having had two jabs. Instead, guests will be asked to take a daily lateral flow device test and provide a negative result.
Under a Scottish government scheme launched last Friday, full vaccination against Covid is required to attend events with more than 10,000 people, as well as nightclubs and unseated indoor events with more than 500 attendees.
The introduction of the rule was racked by teething problems as the mobile phone app used to prove inoculation suffered failures. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, apologised to Scots who were unable to access their records on the app, which led to several venues not asking for proof of jabs over the weekend.
About 30,000 people are expected to the visit the UN climate change conference in Glasgow between October 31 and November 12. The Scotsman newspaper reported that the Scottish Hospitality Group was angered by the vaccine passport exemption for Cop26.
Meanwhile, Cop26 President Alok Sharma said the bold climate change warnings put forward by Greta Thunberg should be heeded by world leaders, who should take action to protect the environment.
Mr Sharma, a senior Conservative MP, admitted he felt “really uncomfortable” when he first heard the Swedish activist speak in 2019. But he said this was because the teenager had held a mirror up to his generation and highlighted why they needed to act.
Mr Sharma made the admission during a conversation with Stanley Johnson, father of Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.
Ms Thunberg, 18, last month took a dig at Mr Johnson by quoting parts of his speeches on climate change and adding “blah, blah, blah”.
The prime minister’s father referred to himself as “very pro-Greta”, saying: “I thought she did a fantastic job … she’s helped mobilise the young and it’s the young who are going to live through this.”
Turning to Cop26, he then asked Mr Sharma: “What about Greta, can we manage to get Greta somehow?”
Mr Sharma replied: “Last week I was in Milan where we held a youth climate event and we had 400 youth delegates coming together from 200 countries and Greta spoke at this.
“It was the wake-up call for world leaders and the reality is that the decisions that this set of world leaders make is going to impact most on your children and your grandchildren and that’s why we need to get it right.
“Their message at this event was very clear: we need world leaders to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.”
He said: “Greta Thunberg, I first heard her speak at the UN General Assembly in 2019, I was there together with the prime minister and I felt really uncomfortable.
“Not because of Greta speaking, but because of what she was saying – and she was holding a mirror up to my generation, our generation, and that’s why we need Cop26 to be a success.
“We need the biggest emitters – the G20 is responsible for 80 per cent of emissions – to step up to the plate and deliver in Glasgow.”
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Six large-scale objects on show
- Concrete wall and windows from the now demolished Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in Poplar
- The 17th Century Agra Colonnade, from the bathhouse of the fort of Agra in India
- A stagecloth for The Ballet Russes that is 10m high – the largest Picasso in the world
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1930s Kaufmann Office
- A full-scale Frankfurt Kitchen designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, which transformed kitchen design in the 20th century
- Torrijos Palace dome
The bio
Studied up to grade 12 in Vatanappally, a village in India’s southern Thrissur district
Was a middle distance state athletics champion in school
Enjoys driving to Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah with family
His dream is to continue working as a social worker and help people
Has seven diaries in which he has jotted down notes about his work and money he earned
Keeps the diaries in his car to remember his journey in the Emirates
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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Director: Dean Fleischer Camp
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Some of Darwish's last words
"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008
His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.
A list of the animal rescue organisations in the UAE
What is a robo-adviser?
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These portfolios are made up of exchange traded funds (ETFs) with exposure to indices such as US and global equities, fixed-income products like bonds, though exposure to real estate, commodity ETFs or gold is also possible.
Investing in ETFs allows robo-advisers to offer fees far lower than traditional investments, such as actively managed mutual funds bought through a bank or broker. Investors can buy ETFs directly via a brokerage, but with robo-advisers they benefit from investment portfolios matched to their risk tolerance as well as being user friendly.
Many robo-advisers charge what are called wrap fees, meaning there are no additional fees such as subscription or withdrawal fees, success fees or fees for rebalancing.
Russia's Muslim Heartlands
Dominic Rubin, Oxford
Dubai Bling season three
Cast: Loujain Adada, Zeina Khoury, Farhana Bodi, Ebraheem Al Samadi, Mona Kattan, and couples Safa & Fahad Siddiqui and DJ Bliss & Danya Mohammed
Rating: 1/5
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
