Glasgow’s COP26: The Need for Urgency at ‘The Next Paris’
| DOI | 10.1177/20419058211044997 |
| Author | Joshua Barritt,Paul Tobin |
| Date | 01 September 2021 |
| Published date | 01 September 2021 |
4 POLITICAL INSIGHT • SEPTEMBER 2021
Stroll down High Street, Glasgow
and you will encounter an artistic
declaration of the politics – and
urgency – of climate change. A
giant ticking clock projected onto the
historic Tolbooth Steeple is counting
down the ‘deadline’ for action ahead
of November’s climate conference in
Scotland’s largest city. Following the lead
of the original Climate Clock in New York’s
Union Square, the timepiece marks the
critical window for achieving significant
Glasgow’s COP26: The
Need for Urgency at
‘The Next Paris’
November’s conference in Glasgow is ‘the next Paris’, where countries’
2015 climate pledges will be ratcheted up. But much greater ambition
and financial support are needed to keep global temp erature increases
below 1.5°C, write Paul Tobin and Joshua Barritt.
Glasgow Climate Clock on
Tolbooth Steeple. © James Miller
[https://twitter.com/JamesNaturalist/
status/1401127011343605761].
emissions reductions to keep global
temperature increases below 1.5°C. The
clock’s deadline? 31 December 2027.
The necessity for urgent action on climate
change is clear: a summer of extreme weather
has shown how its impact is distributed
unevenly around the world and seeps into
every aspect of political life. Amongst other
things, climate change worsens existing
inequalities, including those around food
security, gender injustice, and poverty.
Climate change became a Sustainable
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