COP26 Week 1: Catalyst for change or performative gesture?
By Alex Kim
The first week of COP26 was packed with action. From new agreements to failings of old ones the first week leaves us with a lot to discuss.
Day One: Sunday, Oct. 31
The opening days of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) brought out representatives and activists from the global community to discuss climate change and find ways to mitigate its effects on the planet. Though not formally invited, climate activist Greta Thunberg was swarmed by hundreds of people concerned with climate change upon her arrival to the convention in Glasgow, Scotland. Representatives from around the globe were calling on world leaders to take direct action to prevent the global climate from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above “pre-industrial levels....