Banker Ana Botin offers hope of COP26 success, but critics remain unconvinced, says TERRY MURDEN Half time at the summit to save the planet and – based on Boris Johnson’s football analogy – the optimists are probably still trailing the doomsters by at least a couple of goals. Young activists are chanting “blah, blah, blah” […]
COP26
Obama to meet young + no magic for Thunberg + St Enoch pledge
President Obama will meet young people Former US President Barack Obama is expected to fly into Glasgow on Monday with a mission to address the concerns of the young. His attention is likely to focus on the impact that younger people have on the climate change debate and how they can continue to make their […]
Live from… Edinburgh? + DiCaprio’s cheap flight + Biden flashed
While one wolf was being criticised for, well, an apparent howler, the Wolf of Wall Street prowled the corridors of the Scottish Events Campus. Twitter was awash with ridicule after one of America’s top broadcasters appeared to be under the impression that COP26 is taking place in Edinburgh. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, 73, tweeted a […]
Don’t bet against a metaverse COP27
TECH TALK: COP26 is so old tech and Mark Zuckerberg could have his virtual eye on the next summit, says BILL MAGEE United Nations COP26 Glasgow. Overhead, private planes zooming all over the show, helicopters hover. On the ground chauffeur-driven limos, armoured no doubt, whisk their VIP occupants about within a strictly-secured city centre zone. […]
COP26: showcase and showdown
AS I SEE IT: Tackling climate change is not the only challenge facing the organisers of the summit, says TERRY MURDEN The daily diet of news on the forthcoming COP26 conference has become a torrent of announcements and statements, not least from businesses keen to enhance their reputation by proclaiming their green credentials, or offering […]