COP OUT at COP 26? A Missed Opportunity That’s Hard To Digest
COP 26 has been described as our ‘Last and best hope to tackle the Climate Emergency’. This event has been hyped-up for months. Leaders from all over the globe have gathered in Glasgow to discuss and deliver critical climate goals and actions if we are to stay below 1.5°C of warming. Such commitments are essential […]
Why Aren’t We Talking About HVO?
The focus at COP 26 on Wednesday 10th November was Transport – where world leaders and delegates led discussions on how to achieve quick and significant reductions in global carbon emissions through changing the ways we get around. Within the conference, there appeared to be a heavy drive – pardon the pun – for electric […]
The Great Green Wall – The Line That Unites Africa
The Great Green Wall initiative caught my attention a few years back, so I was very keen to attend a showing of a documentary focused on the inspirational project during COP26 in the Green Zone. Introduced by Inna Modja, artist and activist, it follows her music-filled journey across Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia along the […]
Kenyan Women Leading The Way On Climate Action
9th November was Gender Day at COP26 and Lucy and Sue attended an inspiring session led by African women, predominantly from Kenya, entitled ‘Women leading: lessons from local action on gender and climate to inform international climate action’. it was organised by Climate Action Network Europe and Care International. The first panellist, Patricia, representing Environment […]
Zena Edwards Reads: ‘Mother of the Forest’
You may have seen the post we popped up last week: The Power of the (Hot) Poem about the amazing project we’ve been involved with from Liv Torc and Chris Redmond: Hot Poets. Our poem was created from the talented pen of Zena Edwards and it’s called Mother of the Forest. Every time I read […]
Lest We Forget
It seems so poignant that the countries of the world are all sitting round the table today negotiating agreements that will save the future of humanity. 103 years ago saw the end of the First World War when, in a railway carriage in a forest in Compiegne, representatives from the different countries signed the treaty […]
Obama Addresses The Youth At COP26
Barack Obama, former President of the USA, gave a powerful 45-minute speech on Monday 8th November – Day of Adaptation, Loss and Damage at the COP26 Proceedings in Glasgow. He included a summary of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the progress made so far and what still needs to be done to meet those targets […]
Perceptions of COP26
I am delighted to join my Word Forest Organisation colleagues this week up in Glasgow for COP-26. I’m looking forward to experiencing the sights and sounds and events, having seen what they have been reporting on during the last week. What really struck me as I travelled up from Lyme Regis to Glasgow via Birmingham is […]
ClimatEducation Crisis – How The Climate Crisis Denies The Right To Education
This session, hosted by the UK Government, Education Cannot Wait and UNHCR, was filled with inspiring discussions, thought-provoking videos and moving stories from those on the front line of climate change – predominantly within Africa. The focus was fragile contexts, the need for an effective education emergency response where the most marginalised children’s education is […]