A major climate change summit due to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to the coronavirus crisis.
A statement from Finland’s environmental ministry, which quoted United Nations officials confirmed that the next conference - Cop26 - would be pushed back to 2021.
The statement read: “Glasgow’s COP26 climate conference will move from November to next year due to the global coronavirus situation.”
British COP envoy John Murton then tweeed: "The COP Bureau of the @UNFCCC, with the UK and our Italian partners, has taken the decision to postpone COP26.
"Dates for a rescheduled conference in #Glasgow will be set out in due course following further discussion with parties."
More than 30,000 people were expected to come to the city from around the world for the high profile international event at the SEC arena.
We reported earlier this week that the Scottish government announced the venue would be turned into a field hospital to treat Covid-19 patients.
Nicola Sturgeon said that the facility "might not be needed" as there is already 13,000 beds across Scotland, with 3,000 reserved for Covid-19 patients.
