The sodden, squelchy hills of Scotland's Shetland Islands feel a world away from Dubai's gleaming "future-centric mini-city" where the United Nations' COP28 climate talks are being held.
But the peatlands blanketing more than half of these remote islands, about 100 miles (161 km) north of mainland Scotland, have a critical yet under-appreciated role to play in the drive to prevent catastrophic global warming.