COP26 Climate Summit
Mon, Jan 10
|Zoom
Was COP26 a success? Join Supervisors Linda Hopkins and Susan Gorin via Zoom for a discussion and update of the Cop26 Climate Summit.
Time & Location
Jan 10, 2022, 7:00 PM
Zoom
Guests
About the event
As many of you know, the United Nations held its 26thConference of Parties on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 12, 2021.
The intention of this latest summit was to create bold progress in the fight to prevent climate disasters. With much anticipation tens of thousands of negotiators from countries across the globe, including world leaders, government representatives, business groups and others came for 14 days of talks. Discussions revolved around multiple issues, including adaptation, mitigation, collaboration and more.
Though the intention was to hasten progress on both the Paris Agreements and the UN Framework on Climate Change, the outcome in the opinion of many participants was mixed. On the positive side, COP26 concluded with all parties on board to keep1.5 degrees in place to avoid the 2 degrees marker (especially as it has become apparent that islands, in particular, will become uninhabitable in many…