Cop31: Leitrim coasters and Venetian biscuits: A little goes a long way in climate cut through

Activist Greta Thunberg and Rikki Dank, a Gudanji and Wakaya traditional owner, attend a press conference on day four of Cop31 in Antalya, Turkey. Picture: Burak Kara/Getty Images

Traffic jams, security scrums, and ducking through endless streams of delegates can take their toll on UN climate summit Cop31 attendees, and so any small symbol can perk up their attention.

At a discussion at the EU Pavilion, Lydia Cumiskey, a European Climate Pact ambassador and a research fellow at the Sustainability Institute at University College Cork (UCC), held up a plant-based ink and paper pub coaster, which piqued the audience’s interest.