This week we're continuing our cop 26 series with a debate on whether the conference has had any positive effect. We've got four fabulous contributors who were all at COP 26, and will be tapping into what they think to explore this question. The first speaker is Caroline lucas, member of parliament for brighton pavilion since 20 ten. She points out that 25 trillion dollars of quantitative easing was created globally in the last 13 years, nine trillion of that in just the last 18 months. To deal with coverd she posits the idea of an annual increase in stars of drawing rights of up to $500 billion per year for 20 years. Put that in trust to finance transition, then you
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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