Ad Lib scoops Breeze's 'insider' view on the UN Climate Change Conferences

Ad Lib has scooped journalist Nick Breeze’s Cop Out, an "insider’s" look at the UN Climate Change Conferences.

Editorial director Duncan Proudfoot acquired world English rights from Tom Cull at Cull & Co Ltd. The book will be published in 2024. 

Cop Out provides a behind-the-scenes look at the UN COPs which is "less about the intricacies of science and more about the mainstream perception of how we are understanding and responding to the problem" of climate change. The publisher continued: "’Although heavily critical of policymakers, Cop Out is accessible and reflective; its aim is to make clear that the call to action should be heeded in the developed world, by those who have the most power to drive change."

Breeze commented: "The story of Cop Out has emerged over the course of the last decade from my experience of attending the UN COPs, speaking with many experts and reflecting on the terrifying gap between scientific reality and political action." 

Proudfoot added: "People tend to turn away, perhaps understandably, from the key existential issue of the day: climate change, or collapse. Nick Breeze succeeds in engaging us in the very human narrative of successive COP conferences: a story of imperfection, failure even, but not yet defeat. He shows clearly that it is not Extinction Rebellion or Just Stop Oil or other climate protesters who are the extremists; the true extremists are the policymakers who undermine efforts to reduce emissions. Governments have failed the people on climate; Nick shows us how, why, and what we can do about it."