ELLIE Goulding has reflected on her time at COP26 in Glasgow. 

The singer and songwriter posted a photo with her baby son, as she travelled to the city last week. 

She shared the image with her 14 million followers to let them know she was heading to the climate conference. 

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The 34-year-old has since reflected upon her time in the city and at the summit - and revealed she was glad to be part of "many" climate marches. 

She said: "Being at COP26 reminded me of how great humans can be.

"It certainly doesn’t seem to be the young ones who need persuading. But I’m still astounded how little some of the bigger leaders of the world are taking it seriously."

Goulding went on to say: "As we are all addicted to calling others hypocrites to make ourselves feel better, I preface this with telling you that I am learning as much as you are, and as much as I try, I can’t be a perfect person. I can just do my bit and push it as far as I can in my position.

"I know when I am inactive for a short time between speaking up about protecting this planet, I get messages of, 'Why haven't you spoken about this?' No one can win in my position, so I just keep going anyway. As exhausting as it is, it looks like we have to take it into our own hands, once again, as we have many times before in this world, when we know political will isn’t truly there.

"I implore anyone reading this now to be conscious of what is going on in the world - reconnect with nature and the outdoors when you can (also so good for mental health) read reliable news sources, learn about science (new discoveries constantly- you can have new articles come up on your phone every day) think about food choices, how much plastic is in your household, joining/supporting an organisation such as the WWF, Greenpeace or the US Sunrise Movement. Nothing ever got done by sitting back and letting others do it. Time for us all, as patrons of this planet, to give it the respect it deserves! Ellie x" 

In October 2017, Goulding was recognised with a Global Leadership Award by the United Nations Foundation for her environmental and social justice activism.

She also announced that she would join the foundation in 2018 as a Goodwill Ambassador.