The Scotsman, on Climate, 12 November 2026
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Read the original article on scotsman.com (opens in a new tab)The Scotsman runs a first-person account of a young reporter's two days at COP31 in Antalya, set against Scotland's recent wildfires, the slipping 1.5C target and the co-hosts' fossil fuel expansion. Contested claims are attributed, such as Erdoğan's oilfield production figure, and the piece states the science and the value of cutting warming accurately. Nothing in it misleads the reader.
“is now part of our everyday lives”
The reporter ties the Arthur's Seat and Cairngorms wildfires in the next sentence directly to climate change, so the reader is not left treating the fires as random weather.
“which he claimed would increase production in the region by 30 per cent”
The reporter attributes the production figure to Erdoğan rather than stating it as fact.
“every single fraction of a degree avoided could save millions of lives”
The reporter states plainly that each increment of warming avoided reduces harm, in line with the documented record (R3), rather than treating the missed 1.5C target as a reason to give up.
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