Good COP, bad COP

“If you could get people interested in the environment in the way that they’re interested in football… you’d be onto a winner,” says one despondent Glaswegian. 

Another notes how his home town is predicted to be under water by 2050, a young mother fears what kind of world she is bringing her baby son into and many express fears that the politicians are all talk no action.

This thought-provoking film, Hot Air, directed by Chris Parton for Teepee Films comprises a series of intimate portraits of Glasgow locals, giving people of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds a chance to express how they feel about the climate crisis against the backdrop of the conference. 

Is the hot air emitted by posturing politicians as bad for the planet as carbon emissions?

Now that the two-week summit has ended, though it saw some progress, such as decarbonisation commitment between the US and China, the negotiations failed to secure an agreement to end the use of fossil fuels – meaning there is still a worrying gap between what COP26 has achieved and what is urgently needed to address the climate crisis. 

The most poignant comment in the film: “ I saw wee Greta on the TV and I felt quite concerned about her.  She should be at bloody school, it should be the adults that are fixing it.”