Greta Thunberg denounces world leaders for 'whatever the f*** they are doing in there' at COP26 climate summit and leads hundreds of young supporters taunting Boris with chant of 'no more blah blah blah'
Greta Thunberg denounced world leaders for failing to act on climate change in a foul-mouthed tirade
Miss Thunberg told demonstrators outside the conference that heads of government were not doing enough
Speaking at Glasgow, she said: 'No more blah blah blah, no more whatever the f*** they are doing inside there'
Boris Johnson warned delegates that the longer it takes to tackle climate change, the higher the cost will be
Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, has accused countries of 'treating nature like a toilet' today
Archbishop of Canterbury said outcome of the climate summit would be 'life or death for millions of people'
Government representatives have gathered in Glasgow to discuss green issues this week, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson using his opening address to compare the situation to James Bond trying to diffuse a 'doomsday device'.
Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough asked attendees: 'Is this how our story is due to end - a tale of the smartest species doomed by that all-too-human characteristic of failing to see the bigger picture in pursuit of short-term goals?'
And Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said the outcome of the climate summit would be 'life or death for millions of people', suggesting that failure to act could be worse than leaders who ignored warnings about the Nazis in the 1930s - a comment he later apologised for.
One of the biggest security operations ever mounted in Britain got underway in Glasgow, amid warnings that climate protesters plan serious disruption;
Joe Biden looked to be dozing off as one speaker underscored the importance of taking action to save the climate
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan also announced he will not be coming, despite attending the G20. Russia's Vladimir Putin and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, both in charge of big polluters, have declined to attend.
Meanwhile, the organisation of the conference has come under fire after thousands of delegates were forced to wait hours to get through shambolic security systems this morning.
Hypocrite airways? Jeff Bezos's £48m Gulf Stream leads parade of 400 private jets into COP26
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' £48 million Gulf Stream has led a 400-strong parade of private jets into COP25 including Prince Albert of Monaco, scores of royals and dozens of 'green' CEOs - as an extraordinary traffic jam forced empty planes to fly 30 miles to find space to park.
Some environmental activists at the COP26 climate conference will be urging others to cut down on air travel and eat less meat, but apparently it is fine for billionaires to fly in on their own planes on routes already served by commercial airlines.
Meanwhile, as the super rich were whisked away into waiting limos, hundreds of less fortunate delegates were left unable to get to Glasgow after brutal storms crippled rail links, forcing travellers to sleep on the floor of Euston station in London.
On Sunday, MailOnline observed at least 52 private jets landing at Glasgow - while estimates put the total number flying in for the conference at 400. Conservative predictions suggest the fleet of private jets arriving for COP26 will blast out 13,000tonnes of carbon dioxide in total - equivalent to the amount consumed by more than 1,600 Britons in a year.
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