Building Back Better – Globally
At first glance the decision to delay the largest climate conference in history – COP 26 (1) – appears to have been made on practical grounds. COVID-19 had made convening 30,000 delegates from 197 countries impossible. For the conference, it is also true that its UK hosts were simply not ready. Although the UK Government is well accustomed to dealing with many issues at once, 2020 was different. A uniquely difficult year, including Brexit, has seen institutional capacity at times overwhelmed. (more…)