Maeve Higgins on Cop26: Forget how it is and focus on how it could be

I'm not interested in demeaning the valiant attempts to save the future of humanity but I do not accept the version of the future laid out by Cop26.

Climate activists hold a demonstration in the venue during final day of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Picture: Jane Barlow

"This is how it is, and this is how it must be" is most often said by those who want 'it' to stay that way, those with an investment in how 'it' is, those who benefit from keeping 'it' just the way it is. 

The first part is usually accurate, the part about the status quo.