Türkiye Sausages, Part I
" From Climate Week in New York to COP 31 in Antalya is farther than it seems " I’ve been thinking lately about whether it is possible to save humans from the hotter climate that is advancing so quickly now. I see it entering that corner of the “J” curve—sometimes called the hockey stick—and knowing what I do about exponents, it is a scary moment. One thing I do know: if we do nothing, the worst will arrive. Doing whatever we can is required. I have spent a fair chunk of my one wild and precious life sitting in windowless rooms in Bonn, Geneva and New York, badge dangling from a lanyard around my neck, watching grown adults in expensive suits argue about the precise position of a comma. Sometimes I was even Head of U.N. Delegation, which sounds impressive until you realize it mostly means you’re the one who gets the least sleep (I wrote a whole book about this — The Paris Agreement) . Here is what I’ve learned: the United Nations is a lot like democracy, marriage, and compo...
