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What the Glasgow Climate Pact means for Minnesota

Signed by: Roopali Phadke, Professor, Macalester College Representative Frank Hornstein, District 61, Minneapolis Julia Nerbonne, Executive Director, Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light Ellen Anderson, Climate Program Director, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy Representative Patty Acomb, District 44B, Minnetonka, Plymouth & Woodland Kristen Poppleton, Senior Director of Programs, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy Beth Mercer-Taylor, […]

Holding the Line

After landing Saturday night back home from Glasgow, I spent this week presenting back to groups about COP26- giving the run down on outcomes, sharing the reactions from the media, activists, governments, etc. As the week has worn on I’ve realized that while my brain has been able to process and share what happened, the […]

Statement: COP26 Outcome Fails to Deliver

COP26 has failed to deliver on a strong timebound pathway to phase out coal and fossil fuels and highlighted the increasing inequities of climate change action. Negotiators extended almost 24 hours beyond the conference’s last day to agree on the final draft document titled the Glasgow Climate Pact. And “agreed” is nuanced, as dozens of […]

Final Reflection

Preparing to make the 13-hour journey home to Minneapolis, I have several reflections on my COP26 experience in Glasgow, Scotland. While I am still unpacking much of this experience, I have come to understand the unfortunate and opportunistic agreement that is now known as the Glasgow Climate Pact. As a delegate we were not afforded […]

In Pieces

There’s this scene in Smoke Signals, this native movie, where the main character’s mother is grieving and she says something like “my heart is in the living room and my brain is in the kitchen and my feet are out in the yard.” That’s sort of how I’m feeling coming home from Scotland, from COP26. […]

Critical connection

Ho mitakuyepi, hello my relatives! On a rainy day in Glasgow, Scotland I hugged my cohort mates and said see you when we meet again as we parted ways. Our week-two team has begun our journeys home after a long week of discussion, protest, and advocacy for protection of Unci Maka – Grandmother Earth. We […]

A scavenger hunt in COP26’s most important document

When I was younger, I enjoyed scavenger hunts. In particular, I spent a lot of time exploring “I Spy” and “Where’s Waldo?” books, in which readers were given a list of items to find in a busy visual scene. Today, I invite you to join me on a similar scavenger hunt. The scene is the […]

COP26 Finale

It’s been a few days since I got back to Saint Paul, Minnesota, from my incredible trip to Glasgow and I’ve had time to reflect on COP26 as a whole. Coming back to school, as the only in-person student delegate at COP from my university, has required me to be a face for the conference […]

Together For Our Planet

The last two weeks have been an intense transformative experience. When I embraced the opportunity to participate in COP26, I was not sure where the journey would take me. I now realize that this is an evolving journey, and I am all in for the long haul and will continue to work for the future […]

Was it worth it?

It’s an incredible privilege to get to come to COP. It’s a privilege to get to have a badge and go inside the heavily guarded fences. And tonight, Kristen asked us: do you think this was worth it? And I said yes. Yes, because I got to make some amazing new friends and comrades in […]