‘It is not unusual to go 48 hours with little sleep’: what it’s like to cover a Cop climate summit
The Guardian · · g323777
The UN’s annual climate conference began in Turkey this week. Reporting from the event can be gruelling work – but it’s also crucial. They are counting on you not to read our coverage of the Cop31 climate talks. Fossil fuel companies, climate science deniers, petrostates, far right populists … They want you to think the negotiations are too intractable, the progress too halting, the issues too complex, too tortuous, too pointless, TL;DR. But as the UN’s 31st annual climate conference got underway in Antalya, Turkey this week, our journalists have been going to great lengths to help you understand why the talks remain urgent , crucial and – hopefully – consequential. As well as helping you follow the agreements reached and progress made during the two week summit, they have also been highlighting what’s at stake . Continue reading...