Politico | The global elites are headed to Scotland for COP26
- Dozens of world leaders expected to attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow next month
- Organisers say they have been swamped with inquiries from the powerful, the famous and famous-adjacent
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Ryan Heath and Karl Mathiesen on politico.com on October 13, 2021.
Scotland’s largest city – famous for deep fried Mars bars, club nights and sectarian soccer rivalry – is about to attract a network of global elites more comfortable gathering over champagne in Davos for the World Economic Forum.
Corporations, celebrities, royals and religious leaders will be jetting into Glasgow on October 31 for two weeks of the world’s biggest climate gathering, known as COP26.
With less than three weeks until the biggest climate event since Paris 2015, conference organisers have failed to squeeze new pledges out of heavy polluters, including China, India and Australia, but they have told POLITICO they've been swamped with inquiries from the rich and powerful, the famous and famous-adjacent.
Call it climate FOMO, or fear of missing out. “It has reached a critical mass moment,” said a British official not authorised to speak to media.
