Voice of climate-by Naseem Sheikh

We are beginning a new year, and the silence in countries all over the world by concerned authorities is still deafening. Will there ever be a debate about what should be done to deal with climate change?    The COP26 case has failed to deliver on the arrangements we desperately need. The gathering has been a motorcade of inaction, fraudulent arrangements, and green washing by wealthy legislators and companies, all of which are the culmination of a victory. At every level, this COP was a tumultuous ruin. Organizing companies and even government states saw the COP as a green washing PR opportunity, while the nations hailed the dangerously fraudulent Net Zero Focus as a victory. The UK government, while governing COP 26, was so worse that it hindered the contribution of representatives from nearly eight regions that are generally impacted by environmental change. Instead, they focused on the north of 500 petroleum product lobbyists. The UK Government’s need was to veil its ...

  Everyone is talking about COP26 - but what actually is it, and why does it matter so much? The UN Climate Change Conference (the official name for climate Conferences of the Parties) has happened every year since 1995. The two-week summits are an important space for stakeholders to discuss the climate crisis on a global level. These annual conferences bring together those that have signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) , an international environmental treaty addressing climate change.Every UN member state is a signatory for the UNFCCC. Effectively every nation, country, or state in the world is involved, giving a total of 197 signatory parties. Each year representatives from every party come together to discuss action on climate change in what is known as a COP. The 26th COP was meant to take place in Glasgow, UK last November, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the disruption, COP26 has been keenly anticipated - with ma...