As world leaders prepare to descend on Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit, calls for action on climate change and its impacts have never been louder. Mark Hansford explains how ICE is arming members with the tools to act. Whether it's Prime Minister Boris Johnson quoting Kermit the Frog, Insulate Britain protesters gluing themselves to... Continue Reading →
The Climate-Change Agenda Goes Out With a Bang
Ambitious plans conceal growing voter skepticism. Politicians will catch on sooner or later, and hard. We’re supposed to view this week as a banner occasion in the annals of climate change. The European Union unveiled a mammoth new plan to control carbon emissions, while Beijing rolled out an emissions-trading scheme and the U.K. released a... Continue Reading →
Vatican hopes its pre-COP26 climate event will raise stakes in Glasgow
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican hopes a meeting where world religious leaders will take a common stand on the environment can "raise ambitions" on what can be achieved at next month's U.N. Climate Change Conference, its foreign minister says. Monday's day-long event, organised by the Vatican, the United Kingdom and Italy, brings together about... Continue Reading →
Tech Climate change: COP26 is the biggest conference in the world. Here’s why it matters – CNET
The planet, you’ve likely heard, isn’t doing so well. The latest report from the United Nations’ chief climate body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, shows global temperatures are very likely to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the next few decades. Human-generated greenhouse gas emissions are unequivocally the cause. Increasing temperatures, scientists have... Continue Reading →
John Kerry says emissions cuts are ‘do-able’ as ministers wrap last meeting ahead of COP26
US climate envoy John Kerry said Saturday that global targets to slash greenhouse gas emissions are "do-able," striking an optimistic tone at the end of final high-level meeting before the COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow next month..Continues at source...
Glasgow Climate Change Conference (Official UNCCC Portal)
The COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference, hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy, will take place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, UK. In light of the worldwide effects of COVID-19, the COP Bureau of the UNFCCC, with the UK and its Italian partners, had decided... Continue Reading →
COP26 delegates agree on need to deliver US100b climate finance pledge
MILAN, Oct 2 ― Delegates heading to the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow agreed they must deliver on the US$100 billion (RM418 billion) per year pledge to help most vulnerable nations tackle climate change, COP26 president Alok Sharma said today. Speaking after days of meetings at the pre-COP26 climate event in Italy, Sharma said... Continue Reading →
With just one month to go until COP26, all eyes are on the world’s politicians. With expectations so high though, can our political leaders face up to their responsibilities? Or will their failure cause more people to wake up and take action on their own?
COP26: Why a bad outcome ‘is the best we can hope for’
LONDON — International leaders need to talk to China and convince the nation to implement concrete steps toward de-carbonization, the EU’s climate chief told CNBC Tuesday ahead the COP26 climate summit in November. China announced earlier this month that it would stop building new coal-fired power projects overseas. The nation has also said that it... Continue Reading →
‘We need to talk to China,’ Europe’s climate chief says ahead of COP26
What to do when Climate Change feels unstoppable…
...climate action starts with the one thing you can control: your mindset.
(Note that this pre-Cop26 event/meeting already took place, however here are notes on the Goals of the COP26) 1. Secure global net zero by mid-century and keep 1.5 degrees within reach Countries are being asked to come forward with ambitious 2030 emissions reductions targets that align with reaching net zero by the middle of the... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 