Was #COP26 a success or a failure is an absurdly simplistic question. It's a both/and. As @Bankfieldbecky has noted it depends on whether you are looking to relative or absolute metrics.
But it is indisputable progress. It does increase the chances of getting the world to net zero and 'well below' 2C, even if 1.5C remains an enormous stretch, and it starts to at least engage with questions of historic injustice.
It is also a genuine diplomatic success for @AlokSharma_RDG @archieyounguk @camillaborn and the COP26 team. It is hard to see how a stronger deal could have been delivered with the mandates country delegations had.
Maybe more could have been done with a longer term full government push to build the alliances that could perhaps have leveraged more cash and concessions from the key players. But for the two weeks in Glasgow the UK team navigated huge challenges to get the best possible deal.
It was described earlier in the week as a 'high risk, high reward' strategy, and from a diplomatic perspective it appears to have paid off.
The challenge now for anyone and everyone in the climate movement is to build on the policy foundations and the corporate and public engagement created to accelerate progress on every front, so that 1.5C really is kept alive.
I was hoping to blog on it all, but far too exhausted to string a sentence together. But this from yesterday still stands: businessgreen.com/blog-post/4040…
And remember, all this stuff does have real world impacts and they will improve lives and drive a more prosperous future for all. businessgreen.com/blog-post/4040…
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