As we head into the second week of the COP26 Climate Summit, we take a look back at some of the highlights from the first week of happenings in Glasgow.
💚 Legendary environmentalist Sir David Attenborough urged world leaders to 'rewrite our story' of climate change in a compelling speech.
We highly recommend taking the time to watch this below.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/11/01/david-attenborough-asks-world-leaders-to-rewrite-our-story-at-cop26
🛑 Over 20 countries committed to both phasing out and refusing to build new coal power plants for the first time, taking another step to a coal-free future.
"Today, I think we can say that the end of coal is in sight" - Alok Sharma, COP26 Chairman
🎙 In what was an exciting week here at Plan A HQ, CEO & Co-founder Lubomila Jordanova took to the stage for two events. Lubomila featured in a panel on financing a resilient net-zero future and participated in an exciting debate at The New York Times Climate Hub on the impact of tech on the green transition.
Catch up on the debate on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/v2uETZFpl5k
📉 Methane was a hot topic last week at COP26, with the US & EU leading a pledge of methane reduction of 30% in comparison to 2020 levels. Methane retains much more heat CO₂ so has a key part to play in keeping temperature targets in line with the Paris Agreements. Around 80 signatories have now signed up for the pledge.
Source: Bloomberg
✅ The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS) announced the launch of the International Sustainability Standards Board to create a globally consistent sustainability disclosure. In short, this will result in a uniform global standard of reporting.
https://www.esgtoday.com/ifrs-foundation-announces-official-launch-of-international-sustainability-standards-board/
👋 Plan A CEO Lubomila Jordanova and Carbon Accounting Expert Santeri Lehtonen, have been on the ground at COP26 all week. You can reach out to them directly for their insights on the summit via LinkedIn.
