William Wilson will be speaking on ‘COP26 -key issues at a turning point for climate negotiations’ at the Annual Conference of Environmental Protection UK, ‘EPUK’ entitled ‘Environmental Challenges for 2021 – What We Can Do’ online on Wednesday 18 November 2021.
This session sets out some reflections on key issues for the climate negotiations at COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021. 2020 is a key year in the timetable for climate negotiations, when the Parties to the Paris Agreement for Climate Change are due to submit more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions, and their plans to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Scientists suggest that the window for achieving Paris Agreement targets is closing rapidly, while worldwide evidence of the effects of climate change increases. The politics of climate negotiations are further complicated by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with recovery packages of many trillions of dollars liable to set the course for future fossil fuel use, worldwide moves to support a ‘Green Recovery from COVID’, and big shifts towards an energy transition. With a national legal commitment to achieve ’net zero’ emissions by 2050 and Chairmanship of COP 26, the UK has claimed the high ground in addressing these issues, and now needs to deliver.EPUK online Annual Conference details for 18 and 18 November 2020 are at -https://www.environmental-protection.org.uk/events/epuk-events/annual-conference-2020
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