COP26 climate drama — Top US foreign policy adviser Derek Chollet

PRESENTED BY THE ALDE PARTY

This week, we get the American perspective on European strategic autonomy and other issues facing the EU from Derek Chollet, the top adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. We also unpack the dramatic denouement of the COP26 climate conference.

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About the series

Ahead of crunch climate talks in November, we take an in-depth look at how Europe is both learning to live with climate change and taking radical action to tackle it. These three chapters explore the latest scientific findings to detail the hundreds of ways climate change is impacting the continent, unconventional solutions to stem global warming and attempts to decarbonize the transport sector. 

CHAPTER 1:

Europe braces for climate change


The Road to COP26

Droughts, fires and floods: How climate change will impact Europe

The south of the Continent will be harder hit than the north, driving a wedge into one of the European Union’s deepest fault lines.

The Road to COP26

What scientists don’t understand, but fear, about climate change in Europe

Leading researchers share what’s keeping them up at night.

CHAPTER 2:

Unconventional solutions to climate change


The Road to COP26

The problem with playing God to fix the climate: It might not work

September 1, 2021 12:42 pm

Cutting emissions alone isn’t enough to bring global warming under control, and that’s spurring interest in geoengineering.

The Road to COP26

The perils of making rules for climate manipulation

September 1, 2021 12:42 pm

There’s worry that even discussing such ideas might open the door to using them.

The Road to COP26

The risky climate bet of using forests to remove CO2

September 2, 2021 6:00 am

Forests absorb about 10 percent of the EU’s CO2 emissions.

CHAPTER 3: PRESENTED BY SQM

Decarbonizing transport


The Road to COP26

How Europe’s e-cars risk running out of juice

October 7, 2021 4:58 pm
The Road to COP26

Short-haul flights under fire

October 8, 2021 1:00 pm
The Road to COP26

Fuel duel in the race to power green trucks

October 8, 2021 2:41 pm