Welcome to this special series of climate conversations recorded during COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow , November 2021.
In November, while the global climate conference (COP26) was taking place I recorded a series of conversations. I did wish I could have been there to be part of this global connection of movements and activism happening around the meeting of world leaders who are putting their plans on the table to limit climate change to below 1.5. Disappointingly, the Australian PM embarrassed himself with putting fossil fuels ahead of the planet. I decided it didn't make sense for me to fly there, but I still wanted to know what was going on, and share this with you, so each couple of days I checked in with friends who were there.
Together we explore:
What's happening on the streets at COP26?
What's going on in the various forums and venues?
What are their reflections of what is being said, what's next?
We also explore what it is we can all be doing in response to climate change.
In this conversation on Day 6 of COP26 in Glasgow and I am speaking with author-activist Rob Hopkins who is in Glasgow to be part of the community events.
Here I talk with Rob about the agreements being made (and not) by the world leaders, what is happening on the ground, around the streets, in the conference and in the Green Zone where indigenous groups, cultural events, youth groups, civil society are hanging out.
Totnes-based Rob Hopkins is in Glasgow for COP26 - the global climate conference - heralded as the most important conference ever to have been held. Rob is the co-founder of the Transition Movement, author of many books including ‘From What is to What If’: Unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want’ and hosts a podcast series called, "From What is to What Next?" .
He tells us that there are a number of podcasts there his put up in relation to COP - so go and check them out via his website above. He also mentioned the rapid transition movement.
Thanks for listening.
Morag Gamble
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