Sustainability news

In negotiations, as all social relations, power relations are rife. Here they can be seen to be laid bare in the very layout of the COP26 venue map I created.

A green net zero future lies ahead – but will we get there fast enough?

Listen to the voices of young people and the climate vulnerable. We can solve this.

UN secretariats must unite all Nations by remaining as neutral and independent as possible.

Our COP26 observer Gillian Mawdsley, Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Law, challenges you to develop the actions which you can take to address climate change.

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are discussed in several ways at COP, the first and predominant of three framings is outlined here.

Internationally agreed standards are required for both environmental and sustainability disclosures. Transitions must be just. 

The serious playfulness with ideas about imagination as a critical ingredient of how we create the sustainable future we all want to see is as important as any discussion around the small print of nature-based solutions, carbon financing or new legal protocols.

Nature-based solutions is a really broad term, encompassing ideas like payments for ecosystem services, using nature in climate mitigation and adaptation, along with broader ideas like learning from nature in design and industry.

A standout stall for me showcased 'Playing for the Planet' – an organisation facilitated by the UN Environment Programme and comprised of some of the biggest video game companies in the world with the aim of integrating climate-based issues into their video games.