Glasgow is on flood alert on the opening day of the COP26 climate change summit.
Scotland’s largest city will welcome more than 30,000 people over the next two weeks for the vital climate talks.
And it appears that the conference will be struck down by adverse weather on the opening day, after the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) issued an alert for floods.
Experts say that heavy rainfall over the weekend could lead to flood impacts from rivers and surface water, which could result to disruption to travel and the flooding of properties.
A notice on the SEPA website reads: “Further heavy rainfall is forecast to affect the south of the area on Sunday.
“This could lead to flooding impacts from rivers and surface water.
“Potential impacts could include flooding of land and roads, disruption to travel and flooding of properties.
“Remain vigilant and remember, it is your responsibility to take actions which help protect yourself and your property.”
Similar flood alerts have been issued in eight areas across Scotland - with Tayside, Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Central, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee, Moray and the Borders expected to see flooding.
The Met Office has also issued two yellow weather warnings for rain across Scotland on Sunday.
Up to 30mm of rainfall could land in the south west of Scotland in just a couple of hours, while heavy rain is expected to lead to flooding in Aberdeenshire.
Winds are also expected to exceed 40mph in some parts of the country on Sunday.
The COP26 climate summit will take place in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. It has been described by many as the world’s last chance at avoiding a climate catastrophe.
World leaders are expected to thrash out a new climate change agreement as current projections show that the globe is falling well short of the goal laid out in the Paris Agreement of 2015.
All of the Paris Agreement signatories pledged to limit global warming to well below two degrees and aim to limit it to 1.5 degrees.
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