- London Climate Action Week began on Saturday and runs until 4th July.
- LCAW will lay firm foundations for a green and fair recovery in the run-up to a COP26 that must raise climate targets, shift funding from fossil fuels and focus financial firepower on the most vulnerable economies.
London Climate Action Week 2021 will take the pulse of global climate action in this critical year by engaging with leading decision makers, thought leaders, businesses, activists and engaged citizens who are working to shape a Green, Fair and Resilient recovery and chart a Roadmap to COP26 in Glasgow.
The recent G7 in Cornwall showed how climate change is now entangled with broad geopolitical debates. The Chatham House Climate Conference will dissect how this impacts the road to COP26, from the role of China to making the UN system fit for a climate-changed world. But COP26 needs to address the needs of the vulnerable, not just the interests of the powerful. At the Climate and Development Agenda Stocktake, senior policy makers from developing countries will discuss whether COP26 preparations are delivering for their citizens.
COP26 cannot just be about diplomatic agreement. It also needs to show real action. A host of leading figures will be joining the three-day Climate Innovation Forum to outline how the UK can walk the talk at Glasgow by meeting its climate targets at home. The UK COP26 Presidency has made “making coal history” a top benchmark for success and events hosted by the Powering Past Coal Alliance will show how this is being achieved around the world.
UK businesses will showcase their climate commitments at an event with COP President Designate Alok Sharma, and the UN Global Compact will explain how businesses can align with a net zero and resilient future. The very public debate around the credibility of climate commitments being made by businesses, cities and investors will be dealt with head-on by the UN Climate Champions and “Race to Zero” team at “Getting Net Zero Right”.
Climate action doesn’t take place in a vacuum. The shape of COVID-19 recovery will underpin the context for action at COP26 and determine countries’ ability to deliver on the goals agreed in Glasgow. Further events will discuss whether the world is actually “building back better” and what more needs to be done to lay the foundations for a “decisive decade” of climate action.
Join E3G events on Friday
Fri 2 July, 09:00-10:30 BST
Oh! What a lovely recovery!
For a global look at the recovery, how real, widespread, green and fair it is, join us for a conversation about where we really are, and what’s in store.
Fri 2 July, 11:00-12:00 BST
Three months on: UK Climate & Development Ministerial
We revisit the priority solutions proposed in March, take stock of the progress made to date on these solutions and identify options for strengthening this agenda in 2021.
Fri 2 July, 12:00-13:00 BST
What does a COP26 package that keeps 1.5C alive look like?
Bringing together the strategic vision of UK COP26 President Designate with perspectives of civil society to define what a high quality, high ambition COP26 outcome looks like, and how to get there in 2021.
Nick Mabey, E3G Chief Executive said:
“London Climate Action Week 2021 is taking the pulse of global climate action in this critical year by engaging with leading decision makers, thought leaders, businesses, activists and engaged citizens who are working to shape a Green, Fair and Resilient recovery and chart a Roadmap to COP26 in Glasgow.”
