Science journalist, Helen Briggs, is at COP26 to report for the BBC. In the latest in a series of first-person accounts, she describes what life is like behind the scenes at the Glasgow summit.
Police patrol outside the iron gates but, once I'm through security, I'm in the "Blue Zone" where the key negotiations between world leaders are taking place. This is United Nations - not Scottish - territory for this fortnight only.
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