COP26: a mixed bag

So the scientists, and the rest of us too, walk a fine line between hope and despair, with occasional bursts of silent rage. But that is the human condition.

Nature, one of the world’s most respected scientific journals, did an anonymous survey of the 233 climate scientists who wrote the massive ‘Sixth Assessment Report’, which provided the science to which this conference is responding. Sixty per cent of them said that they expect the world to warm by at least 3°C by the end of the century. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

November 10, 2021

LONDON, U.K.—It’s not too early to assess the success or failure of COP26, the climate summit that began in Glasgow on Oct. 31. The first week, while the heads of state are there, is when all the big promises are announced; the second week is devoted to haggling over the details of the deals. So...

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