Voice of climate-by Naseem Sheikh

  Program, November 9    Watch all broadcasts live   or on-demand  on  wedonthavetime.org/cop26,  by clicking on the program items of your choice.  All broadcast times set in GMT.  Find your local time zone .     08:00-09:00 — Arctic Science Breakfast This event starts participants’ day with a breakfast and an informative set of speakers exploring Arctic climate science and the international collaboration driving it, highlighting the outcomes of the IPCC’s sixth assessment report (AR6).   Moderator: Saara Olsen , PhD, Limnologist and Climate Change Adaptation expert, City of Espoo Speaker: Dr  Helen Adams , Head of Science Engagement for COP26 Keynote David N. Thomas, Professor of Arctic Ecosystems Research at the University of Helsinki Panelists: Dr  Raisa Mäkipää , Research Professor, Natural Resources Institute Finland Dr  Pekka Niittynen , BioGeoClimate Modelling Lab, Department of Geosciences and Geography, ...

  The UNDP and We Don’t Have Time campaigns  on the urgent need to  end fossil fuel subsidies  are getting traction. The topic was discussed at the UN COP26 official meeting, and t he phrase ”We Don’t Have Time” and the need for ”exponential climate action” was mentioned several times, by high-level climate champion Nigel Topping and others.   Other highlights of the day: 23 countries  made national climate education pledges including net-zero schools and putting climate at the heart of national curriculums.   The first big youth demonstration  since the start of COP26 took place today, gathering 40 000 people on the streets in Glasgow. Greta Thunberg called COP26 "the most exclusionary COP ever".   Meanwhile in the COP26 plenary   –  where all big decisions are made – the youth were absent. During an afternoon session, a single young woman, Clover Hogan, was present, questioning was she was the only young person in the room. S...