Then for lunch you order a smoked ham sandwich with mature cheddar cheese, and for dinner, you enjoy braised Scottish venison casserole.
You could opt for a more planet-friendly, plant-based diet and swap a vegetable and mushroom substitute for the bacon, select a grilled vegetable and kale pesto sandwich for lunch and enjoy a pearl barley and root vegetable hot pot with marinated cabbage for dinner.
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Nearly all the food served at COP26 is sourced from inside the United Kingdom, and 80 percent of it from within Scotland, organizers say, reducing emissions from transporting food.
But COP26 organizers have been criticized for not eliminating meat and fish entirely from their offerings.
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate was infamously cropped out of a photo taken by the Associated Press at Davos in January 2020.
Yet coverage at COP26 has shown that Nakate continues to be disregarded by some media outlets.
COP26 is drawing a crowd of big names as the world gathers to tackle the climate crisis, including the heads of state who have made lofty pledges on methane limits, halting deforestation and cutting financing for fossil fuels.
Thunberg passionately spoke to a crowd of supporters outside the COP26 venue, calling for climate justice and an end to exploitation of nature.
This number could be as high as 75 percent by 2050, according to erosion data compiled by researchers at the University of Glasgow that considered low, medium and high carbon emissions scenarios.
There’s a time lag,” said Larissa Naylor, a professor of geomorphology and environmental geography at the University of Glasgow.
COP26 is not just an international gathering of decision makers to discuss science, policy and financing.
Art can be an avenue for understanding a complicated and terrifying issue like climate change.
And SOS From The Kids, the children’s choir that appeared on Britain’s Got Talent with a heartfelt song calling for adults to protect the planet, will perform on Saturday.
Behind them, a penguin hangs from a noose.And a dramatic “climate canopy” shows climate warming stripes, a visualization that portrays increasing global average temperatures from a gradient of blue stripes to red stripes—hanging in the space where leaders are discussing how to slow this warming trend.
Katelyn previously reported from Kerala, India, as a Pulitzer Center student fellow, and worked for over four years at the University of Iowa’s student newspaper, The Daily Iowan.
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