Day 1– Copenhagen Blog: Cynicism and Hope
I have never been to a global event in my life. I’m not really sure what makes something count as a global event – the Olympics? But from my few initial moments arriving in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 15) it was clear that I was dragging my bags through the airport to be a part of something unprecedented, something that could positively alter the course of our lives and our planet. And yet in spite of that idea, a familiar knot of cynicism and defeat was beginning to creep into my stomach.