2021.11.13 by Just Mason The first week of COP26 was characterized by the divide between the Global North and South, the exclusion of those most vulnerable to climate change from policy decisions, and continued inaction by the world’s worst polluters. The second week has helped to clarify the roots of those problems, as leaders of […]
The COP-out in Glasgow (Week 1)
2021.11.06 by Just Mason On 31 October 2021, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), ostensibly tasked with “preventing ‘dangerous’ human interference with the climate system”, convened its twenty-sixth Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. Initially, the annual conference was supposed to happen last year, but was suspended due to the COVID-19 […]