For the next two weeks Scotland will host leaders and dignitaries from around the world as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.
The climate emergency is directly affecting species, habitats and other important environmental features in the host country, NationalWorld can reveal.
Analysis of official data from NatureScot, the public body responsible for Scotland's natural heritage, shows 75 environmental features across 35 protected sites are being monitored for the effects of climate change but more than half of them (39) are in an unfavourable condition.
Here we reveal 15 important environmental features in Scotland which are under threat from climate change.
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Analysis of official data from NatureScot, the public body responsible for Scotland's natural heritage, shows 75 environmental features across 35 protected sites are being monitored for the effects of climate change but more than half of them (39) are in an unfavourable condition.
5. Eelgrass beds
Eelgrass beds in Loch Fleet (Highlands). Photo: Shutterstock
6. Kittiwakes
Kittiwakes at Forth Islands (Fife). Photo: Shutterstock
7. Goldeneyes
Goldeneyes at Firth of Forth (East Lothian). Photo: Shutterstock
8. Knot
Knots at Firth of Forth (East Lothian). Photo: Shutterstock