COP28 or COPOUT28? On the day the thrashed-out result emerged, I have been proudly attending the graduation ceremony of my son Robin Lyons.

Alongside running Ergon Theatre (one of the UK’s leading climate theatre companies) and his own carbon literacy training company ‘Climate Leadership Training’ (https://www.climateleadershiptraining.co.uk/), Robin has studied full-time for his Masters in Environmental Governance at the University of Manchester.

He got a Distinction! I’m not surprised – his thirst for knowledge and passion as a communicator and change agent make him one of my climate heroes.

So I thought, who better to ask about the outcome of COP28 on this auspicious day…

Robin’s comments in this short video remind us that carefully crafted (weasel?) words can be a far cry from reality changing on the ground.

But as he’s just said to me over a coffee, “you can’t be negative all the time or you’d live your whole life depressed and then you’d die”.

Thank goodness we have leaders like Robin impatient to help sweep away the old and bring in the new.

The University of Manchester

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Watch the video here.