This week, over 30,000 participants are anticipated in Glasgow, Scotland to kick off COP26. The climate conference hosted by the United Nations is a critical moment for nations to address the fight against climate change in order to avoid catastrophic consequences. The expectations for the two-week conference are high as world leaders and delegates are expected to commit to ambitious climate goals that will prevent the global temperature from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius. 

In this episode Olivia Lazard joins Doug to unpack key developments from the climate conference thus far and how the EU and United States can still take the lead on climate.

1. Olivia Lazard, "The Need for an EU Ecological Diplomacy," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
2. Olivia Lazard, "The EU's Deforestation Package: A Test for Taking the Green Deal Global," Strategic Europe