I haven't been on here in a while and I thought about it was time to give a general update on a few things and my thoughts on the looming COP 26 discussions .
Glasgow is holding the COP 26 meeting in November this year. As I sit here typing I do think of a lot of things with regards to Glasgow and Scotland how we can have an impact on environmental issues. I was told today that to get a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh is £15 each way!! I feel this is very expensive for the average worker to get around using public transport. People to use public transport has to been more affordable for them to leave their cars at home. I understand that as of January next year under 22s will have free bus travel and over 60s in Scotland have free bus travel. This is great to get people moving using public transport however the safety of it all (during covid times) and the cost to everybody else is a bit steep.
So many topics will come up with regards to Glasgow, Scotland and the worlds environmental impact. Glasgow does need to take into consideration Glaswegians lol. I did see a video recently of rats and mice running around the Glasgow streets because the rubbish has not been taken away. This is a huge environmental issue with regards to how the waste is handled and how it's picked up and certain parts of Glasgow a rubbish pick up is every 3-weeks.
Glasgow will be hosting some of the biggest and most powerful businesses with men and women in industry and delegates and important vip's in the world in November and I feel that Glasgow is not up to standards with regards to how the streets and living conditions and poverty in certain areas of Glasgow. We are putting on a show for them and this is bigger than just a show. This is environmental issues that impact our lives and how we do our business in the future to save the planet as best WE can.
I shall keep you posted on my further thoughts to this as the dates get closer but Glasgow as far as I'm concerned needs to learn to crawl before it can run.
The politicians fight it out over mineute policy wordings and looking for political point scoring but the people standing outside protesting to be heard will be the ones that should be heard.
We shall see how it all pans out.
But of a longer read I know but we all have to put the glamour of these shows to one side and all do (however little) we can to save the planet
Thanks for reading and stay safe and care for each other
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