Updates and Insights from Glasgow
Day 1: A Member of the Carbon Generation Goes to Glasgow
By Thomas Vonier
With youngsters in the Glasgow streets outside of the huge COP 26 compound shouting “no more blah blah blah,” it rankles a times to sit
inside the UN Climate Conference compound and listen to ... well, if not exactly...
Day 2: A Member of the Carbon Generation Goes to Glasgow
By Thomas Vonier
A thing here that amazes: the huge numbers of people who’ve turned out—25,000 by some estimates, and more seem to be arriving every day. That serves as...
Day 3: A Member of the Carbon Generation Goes to Glasgow
By Thomas Vonier
Except for the parts on foot, from home to the métro and between trains, I traveled to Glasgow from my residence in Paris by rail. The
journey took about ten hours and involved a...
Day 4: A Member of the Carbon Generation Goes to Glasgow
By Thomas Vonier
If I can sit here and feel pleased for a while about my low-carbon diet, I do have to consider the many among these 25,000 who flew to
Scotland—from Washington DC, from Dar-es-Salaam, from Tokyo, from all...
Day 5: Talk and Action in Glasgow
By Thomas Vonier
For someone who spends so much time decrying “talk,” climate activist Greta Thunberg seems to do her share. She writes, too, sending Tweets
to her five million followers. Here’s one from...
Day 6: Talk and Action in Glasgow
By Thomas Vonier
Here are six conclusions after the sixth day of COP26... First, electrification is widely viewed as the
essential course for all economic...
Day 7: Talk and Action in Glasgow
By Thomas Vonier
All the talk about carbon is wearing thin on some, and the term doesn’t really register with others...
DAY 8: “Smart” Has Many Meanings
By Thomas Vonier
We have amazing capabilities to know what’s going on with our planet. Day-to-day, and even in real-time, we can see exactly how much forest is being harvested and where. We can measure the status of...
