COP 26.
You can’t fail to have heard about it – my social media feeds are full of it, and even though these are very definitely skewed for eco stuff, it’s been all over the mainstream news and there’s been lots of great TV programming around it.
 
But, erm, what is it?

Hopefully I’m not alone in not really knowing – or having a kind of idea, but not really feeling like I could explain it very well to my kids, or my nan. And why all this fuss about it this time around? And what, if anything, will come of it?

I was delighted to get the chance to put all these questions and more to someone who will be there in the flesh and on the ground. Laura Young, aka Less Waste Laura, is a climate activist, environmental scientist, public speaker and all round awesome human being, who will be in the Blue Zone (she explains what the Blue Zone is during the podcast!) for the whole of COP26 with Tearfund, the international development charity that she works for.

So sit back, relax, and listen in to this beginners guide to Cop 26.

Enjoy! 

• COP26 website
• Less Waste Laura
  - Website
  - Instagram
  - Twitter
• Tearfund
• Global Day of Action (6th November) - see if there is a climate march near you
• Climate Fringe
• Katharine Hayhoe's TED talk
• They Work for You (find out who your MP is if you don't know)
• The Sustainable(ish) FB group

• See if there is a climate march happening locally to you on the 6th November
• Check out and sign up for the 'virtual march' if there isn't one local to you and/or marching isn't your thing!
• See if there are any live streams or virtual events you can attend
• Ask your school or workplace if there is anything you can do - it's not too late to get something organised!