COP26 doesn’t have to be a summit of slogans

Ocean Rebellion activists protesting in front of the COP26 venue in Glasgow ahead of the start of the climate summit. — AFP

IT’S no wonder Boris Johnson has been trying to manage expectations for the United Nations’ COP26 climate summit before it opens today in Glasgow. There are risks in hosting the most important global confab the world has seen in a long time.

Still, this will be an important, even groundbreaking, couple of weeks.