I don't think people should see themselves as being at the bobottom of a hierarchy. That is not how it is. We're proud of working for a business that takes this sort of sateriousy. Doyou se what i mean. I was at dinner with a big p l in this country, mighty, talking about buildings and need to reduce omissions from buildings. He's going further, i think, than a lot of people expect them to go. But he said it's often his staft that are telling him, this is what we want to do.
What now for the world? Governments have reached a climate deal which gets us closer to holding temperatures rises to 1.5C. But a last-ditch effort from India and China to water down pledges to phase out coal has led some to consider COP26 a failure. Yes, COP26 could have achieved more but is this agreement one that could potentially be seen as a strong foundation on which the world can build for the future?
To debate the motion we heard from Bim Afolami, MP for Hitchin and Harpenden and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Renewable and Sustainable Energy; Clover Hogan, climate activist, researcher on eco-anxiety and the founding Executive Director of Force of Nature; Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party and MP for Brighton Pavilion; and Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission.
Chair for this week's debate was Helen Czerski, one of the UK’s most popular science presenters.
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