With a Brexit deadline of December to negotiate a trade deal with the EU, the UK’s diplomatic service will simultaneously have to ensure all countries arrive in Glasgow in November having enhanced their climate plans.
Friends of the Earth says these will be the most important international climate talks since the Paris agreement, and hosting them can be a defining moment for the UK.
The Scottish Government's Public Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick has asked Sajid Javid for a meeting and urges him to ensure that an appropriate UK Government minister is represented at a proposed summit on the issue in Glasgow.
A mental health charity has warned that Serco’s plan to evict 300 asylum seekers will exacerbate trauma and anxiety disorders among one of Scotland’s most vulnerable communities.
Nae Nukes Anywhere will demand support for the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and highlight the majority opposition to Trident in Scotland.