Lots of terrible coverage for the government's #NetZero agenda, even from allies. A growing gulf between realists and zealots. I wonder how long it can survive in its present form, even assuming success at #FLOP26.
Britain could emerge from the global jawfest as a "climate champion", but then be one of the first countries forced to pull out of the very deal it brokered, because of domestic political pressure.
There is precedent.
Within months of the 2017 COP23 at Bonn, Germany was revealed to have missed its own green targets.
And within a couple of years of the 2015 COP21 in Paris, rising energy prices sparked a protest movement demanding Macron's resignation in weekly protests.
Within months of the 2017 COP23 at Bonn, Germany was revealed to have missed its own green targets.
And within a couple of years of the 2015 COP21 in Paris, rising energy prices sparked a protest movement demanding Macron's resignation in weekly protests.
It might be that COP meetings embarrass their hosts, who pull out all the stops in their diplomatic efforts to be The One that seals the deal.
They take their domestic populations for granted, because their governments have their own agendas.
They take their domestic populations for granted, because their governments have their own agendas.
On the BBC, no less.
The narrative is fracturing. Reality is shining through the cracks.
The narrative is fracturing. Reality is shining through the cracks.
https://twitter.com/NetZeroWatch/status/1450838237849718785
It would be amazing to see this split develop into its full potential, and to see how it divides the government and the party. I suspect, if it is real, many would gather around Sunak on a much stronger basis, with more popular support.
https://twitter.com/NetZeroWatch/status/1450837932303163394
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