![]() ![]() The shadow of the SEC looms on the city’s horizon. Glasgow, on the other hand, is steeped in anticipation. They wrapped up with little to show for - a global warming battle plan that fell well short of what science said was needed to tackle the climate crisis. The negotiations in 2019 hit Madrid like a ton of bricks, after having been moved to Spain only a month or so prior. ![]() There’s even one outside the window of my room in Glasgow: “HM GOVERNMENT – TOGETHER FOR CLIMATE ACTION.”Īfter my experiences in Madrid, being followed down the street by COP posters makes me feel uneasy. From the vending machines and the billboards and the posters on the toilet doors. ONE WEEK AGO, I was sitting in an airport in Glasgow for the first time since COP25 in Madrid.Īll of the diplomats in pressed suits with skinny ties had yet to arrive for the twenty-sixth conference of the parties, so Glasgow was much quieter than it is right now, with delegates arriving from all over the world.Ī navy blue and lime green COP26 poster is leering down at me from the wall. ![]()
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