MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • November 14, 2021
As we reflect on the question “Was COP26 a success?” we submit that, though the conference did not accomplish everything it needed to, it did accomplish a great deal. Its successes must now be implemented with greater ambition in Maine and around the world. Ultimately, the success of the conference will depend on what happens when the delegates go home; whether national, state and local governments address climate change with the vigor and speed science shows is necessary. Each of us can urge communities in Maine to take ambitious action to limit warming to 1.5 degrees – which will require the world to halve emissions by 2030 and virtually eliminate them by 2050. ~ Rev. Richard Killmer, Yarmouth, Maine, and Nate Rauh-Bieri, Grand Rapids, Mich.