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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.

My fleeting glance of ex-President Obama followed as he made his way to give his speech calling for world leaders to “step up”.

Farming is on the frontline of climate change, a contributor to emissions and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

I attended Facing the Facts: Unpacking the Forest, Agriculture & Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue to Tackle Deforestation outlined progress made on the tricky subject of deforestation for farming.

In negotiations, as all social relations, power relations are rife. Here they can be seen to be laid bare in the very layout of the COP26 venue map I created.