COP26 Recap

Special guests Rupert Read and Nick Breeze discuss COP26 with our regarlar panelists Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez.

This video was recorded on November 11, 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland and briefly published on November 12, 2021 and republished again on November 18, 2021.

Some of the things discussed in this video are:

• Some of the accomplishments of COP26 are mentioned.
• How the COP has failed to produce any binding agreements that will lead to the rapid reduction in emissions as called for by the IPCC WG1 6th Assessment Report.
• The question is raised as to weather the COP process itself is part of the problem.
• Some of the consequences of kicking the can down the road for another year are touched upon.
• That staying below 1.5 C has become beyond reach.
• Greta’s and her team’s petition to the UN General Assembly.

Special Guests:

• Rupert Read - Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, author, Parents for a Future (2021). co-editor, with Jem Bendell, Deep Adaptation - navigating the realities of climate chaos, the first ever book on Deep Adaptation; Co-founder of transformative-adaptation.com. https://transformative-adaptation.com/

• Nick Breeze - Nick is a climate communicator who has written and produced filmed interviews with over 200 climate change experts. He contributes regularly to ‘The Ecologist’ and ClimateGenn. He is co-founder of the Cambridge Climate Lecture Series.

Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute

• Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University

• Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Video Production:

• The UNFCCC’s COP26 Media Crew in the Durdle Door Press Conference Room

• Charles Gregoire – Climate Reality Leader, Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum

• Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the following organizations for making this program at COP26 possible:

• Tzu-Chi Foundation
• Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
• International Society of Ecological Economics
• Sustainable Population Australia

Attributions

Background Music:

• Title: Through the City II
• Author: Crowander
• Source: Free Music Archive
• License: CC BY-NC 4.0