ALT The diagonally bisected background of the image contains a photo of Glasgow on the right and a swirling pattern on the left. There is a photo of the interview subject, John Furlow, in the bottom corner, and the text “New Blog” appears on a white tag above the headline “What to Expect from the COP26 Meeting.” The blue band at the bottom identifies the website iri.columbia.edu and @climatesociety social handles.

ALT The diagonally bisected background of the image contains a photo of Glasgow on the right and a swirling pattern on the left. There is a photo of the interview subject, John Furlow, in the bottom corner, and a quote from the story appears on the top right, reading “Political will is what stands between the agreements and actual success.” Under the quote is a white tag with the text “John Furlow” and his title, “Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society,” below that. The blue band at the bottom identifies the website iri.columbia.edu and @climatesociety social handles.