I'm on my way home from #COP26, full of frustration and fury after reading the draft declaration. The world's powerful governments propose to do more to defend the fossil fuel industry than to defend life on Earth.
If they were serious about preventing more than 1.5C of heating and, potentially, systemic environmental collapse, they would decide to burn no more fossil fuels after 2030, and to launch today an emergency programme of fullscale economic transition.
But they are not serious.
But they are not serious.
Some delegations will be glowing with satisfaction about defending their fossil fuel industries from anything more challenging than the "perhaps ... one day ... but only if you feel ready" draft text.
But there are no winners here. We are all losers.
But there are no winners here. We are all losers.
The UK's presidency has been disastrous. This was the most exclusive of all climate summits and, perhaps, the most disorganised. While he should have been focused on nothing else, Boris Johnson's political games triggered a giant scandal, sucking the oxygen out of the talks.
He wants to be seen as Winston Churchill. His opportunity arrived, and he was too lazy, cynical and incompetent to take it. He'll be remembered as Anthony Eden.
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