Is the COP26 draft text a genuine call to action, or just more blah, blah, blah?
It is hump day in the second week of COP26, and that entails negotiations, horsetrading, and uncomfortable compromises that are needed to declare the summit a success. Each COP concludes with a document that becomes the historic record of what has been agreed to, and is subject to considerable change and negotiation during the final […]
“Get a plan, any plan, just get a bloody plan.” – Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristo
If the first week was filled with pledges without details, and the weekend with disappointment-fueled protests, Tuesday witnessed optimism on the fringes of COP26. COPs comprise several related events, with discussions of details that are often absent on the main stage. Today, I was at one such event—the Bloomberg summit—at the train station in Glasgow. […]
