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Title: Former COP26 chief says there is 'question mark' over event taking place
Post by: Elderberry on June 09, 2021, 12:08:31 pm

The Herald by Tom Gordon 6/6/2021

 THE COP26 climate change conference due to take place in Glasgow in November may not go ahead because of a lack of progress in lead-up talks, its former chief has said.

Claire O’Neill said there was now a “question mark” over whether the two-week event at the SEC would take place as planned or be delayed.

She also urged the leaders of the G7 countries meeting in Cornwalll this week to set the right tone, given the urgency of the climate crisis, to help ensure the Cop took place.

Ms O’Neil, a former energy minister formerly known by her married name as Claire Perry, was nominated as Cop26 president in September 2019.

However Boris Johnson sacked her a few months later in order to install a serving minister in the role, giving it to then business secretary Alok Sharma.

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Title: Re: Former COP26 chief says there is 'question mark' over event taking place
Post by: PeteS in CA on June 09, 2021, 02:01:37 pm

They're probably worried about cold weather, the Gore Effect.

Title: Re: Former COP26 chief says there is 'question mark' over event taking place
Post by: GtHawk on June 09, 2021, 04:37:51 pm

Quote from: PeteS in CA on June 09, 2021, 02:01:37 pm

They're probably worried about cold weather, the Gore Effect.

The Gore effect, is that the one that causes fear and nightmares in children about the future?