Scientists from Teddington's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have installed a measuring instrument at the top of the 120-metre high Glasgow Science Centre Tower for the duration of the COP26 conference to test levels of greenhouse gas emissions at the climate summit.

A spectrometer and atmospheric sampling system, which is usually based at the NPL's Atmospheric Composition measurement Laboratory in Teddington, provides simultaneous and precise measurement of methane and was installed at the observation deck a the top of the of the landmark tower.

It will be sampling until at least the end of November 2021 in which time the team will be tracking the behaviour of the greenhouse gas concentrations during the COP26 conference.

The data will also be displayed during various events hosted by NPL throughout and will compare levels before the conference and after.

Over 100 world leaders and officials are attending the conference to tackle climate change and there has already been controversy about the use of private jets and the size of the US President's vehicle entourage.

The data collected from the instrument demonstrates the importance of metrology in improving greenhouse gas mitigation measures and how important these measures are when it comes to tackling climate change

If you are interested in following the live data you can see it here.

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