Following the passing of Northern Ireland’s first ever Climate Change Bill in March, Kirsty King speaks to young people about the green policies they want to see from candidates running in the NI Assembly election on May 5.

Chloe Ferguson, the Students’ Union officer for campaigns and engagement spoke to the Eco Scoop and said, “this is a true testament to the efforts of students and staff to promote change within the university”.

Combining these revised efforts with other decisions reached in Glasgow – like the US-China working group to cooperate on climate policy – will make Cop27 at least as important as Glasgow and Paris, if not more so.

According to many activists, the Cop26 conference has been one where many voices were excluded or listened to without any real action

Early Friday, a second draft of the cover decision was released. To the surprise of many, the mention of fossil fuels – a potential first in any Cop agreement – survived feared adversity from China, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and others.

Relatively small developments came from Thursday, with little substance to new announcements but an evident battle over rhetoric. In spite of these events, the reality of Cop26 appears more-or-less set.

Speaker Pelosi called me over from the stage, wondering how I managed to get to Glasgow from Tennessee

One journalist who had been to a previous Cop told me that – while larger – Cop26 is considerably more chaotic

But “only a small number” reported being aware of the two climate bills going through the assembly.