Carnage. (Week two so far) This is harder than I expected. That goes for getting hundreds of delegates from around the world to agree to one single life or death pathway, but also to keeping a blog going while travelling and working. Unfortunately, the latter came calling at the end of last week and I
Day Three: Re-valuing Finance Some interesting statistics emerged overnight. First, a major attribution study found that Europe’s record breaking hot summer could not have occurred in a world without climate change. Second, and crucially; crucially; a US model suggested that the commitments made over the first two days of the conference have taken
"You might as well bomb us" Day two at COP Yesterday was a perplexing parade of pledges, interspersed with dire warnings. The latter came from, amongst others, the leaders of Gabon, Rwanda and Palau, the last of whom offered the above quote. It was, overall, hard to zoom out and work out where we stand after day two and the
The Different Frames of Day One COP26 didn’t get off to the smoothest of starts. Despite having two years to prepare, the thirty odd thousand Blue Zone attendants (all of whom were formally issued tickets through a rigorous process) seemed too much for the conference administrators, with huge queues and a general sense of confusion
Intro Picture the scene. It is January 2013 and a particularly chilly London morning. A middle aged man is toiling his way down an icy road on his bike. The bike is just slightly too small for him. As the traffic lights turn red he lurches to a halt and claws
