Climate on an International Scale: Notes from COP26

This episode is a recording of a panel discussion with League of Women Voters (LWV) members who attended the UN International Climate Conference in Glasgow Scotland in November 2021. 

The UN’s Climate Conference—the “Conference of the Parties” or COP—is  the official meeting of member states who signed the UN’s climate treaty.  Every year, the parties to the treaty, including the U.S., meet and negotiate various aspects of the treaty.

Seven LWV members from around the U.S. attended the 2021 UN Climate Conference. We heard from five of them in  March 2022.  The panelists discussed:

• an Overview of COP26
• Transparency
• Indigenous Peoples
• the Sustainability Innovation Forum
• Finance
• Gender and Climate

The panel included:Robin Tokmakian, UN Observer for Climate Change for LWVUS; LWV of Portland member

• Robin Tokmakian, UN Observer for Climate Change for LWVUS; LWV of Portland member
• Carol Parker, North San Diego LWV
• Toni Monette, co-president of the Nebraska LWV
• Ashley Raveche, LWV California
• Cynthia Bell, Hudson Valley, NY LWV

MetroEast Community Media records Portland League programs for rebroadcast and online streaming from lwvpdx.org. Funding is provided by the Carol & Velma Saling Foundation.