The Good, The Bad and The COP26 🌏
COP26 Note: This article contains spoilers for Bill Gates’ “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” book. To skip and miss the spoilers, skip Chapter 3. 6 years ago, 195 world leaders came together to negotiate one of the most influential agreements in the World. COP21 held in Paris was a remarkable feat in terms of global cooperation, sustainability and commitments. After the draft of that deal was finalised, all World Leaders met in New York at the UN Building and signed the now infamous Paris Climate Agreement. In the blink of an eye, 6 years flew just like that. As UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres mentioned “The 6 years since the Paris Climate Agreement have been the 6 hottest years on record”. It’s true. The planet is burning, we are “digging our own graves” and we are choking ourselves in the air that we polluted. By 2050, if nothing is done, the World will enter into global chaos, beginning the 6th mass extinction. The extinction of Humans. As Naturalist David Attenboro...