Sustainability news

Vanessa Nakane clearly expressed the distrust of local communities and civil society in the pledges made at the COP26. Her words of ‘please prove us wrong’.

The negotiations may run into the weekend, and however gloomy the press will be, COP26 has taken many steps forward.

Professor Graham Harvey, with colleagues at Border Crossings brought a totem pole from Mexico to the UK with a powerful message about climate change’s impact on Indigenous people.

Alok Sharma outlined progress so far, detailing negotiations that have taken place and the ministers charged with specific tasks. Time is running out, he said, urging all parties to work in a spirit of compromise to achieve the best outcomes.

Lack of funding commitments, weak language adopted in the text and a shift from ‘common but differentiated responsibilities’ towards ‘common and shared responsibilities’ were some of the concerns highlighted.

Perhaps when my house is flooded, when my land is stolen, when I have no shoes, no home, no food, perhaps then I’ll wish I’d stayed a little longer and thought a little harder about how to stop history repeating itself.

The Bangladeshi women found their voices on the climate crisis by taking photos of impacts and solutions on smartphones provided to them by the project.

Loosing homelands to floods or harvests and livestock to droughts are just a few examples of how the poorer communities experience climate change.

On the train through to Glasgow I sat beside a group of young activists who had taken the day off school to attend the protests. They are angry and rightfully so.

Peta Milan, CEO-Founder of Jet Group, discussed the need to move on from obsessing about sustainability theory – “why are we wanting to sustain a failed model?” and instead move towards using and designing regenerative tools to aid climate recovery.