The big takeaway from #COP27 These climate conferences just aren’t working

Rather than a bloated global talking shop, we need something smaller, leaner and fully focused on the crisis at hand

By @profbillmcguire #COP28 #COPreform https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/20/big-takeaway-cop27-climate-conferences-arent-working

@profbillmcguire / @ProfBillMcGuire: "What is needed is an apparatus that is less cumbersome and more manageable – something leaner and meaner that zeros in on the most critical aspects of the climate crisis.." (Guardian blog) #COP27 #COP28 #COPreform

"It is too easy for the fossil fuel states to hold the consensus-based negotiations to ransom ... Instead, the fossil fuel industry and its unconscionable expansion plans will need to be fought elsewhere. The first place is in the mind." #COP27 #COPreform #FightLikeUkrainians https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/20/cop27-summit-climate-crisis-global-heating-fossil-fuel-industry