DSA Webinars: Where are we after COP26 and what is needed now?

Where has COP26 left us in relation to key climate emergency issues? Watch this DSA hosted panel of experts reflect on the progress made by to limit climate change at the Glasgow climate summit of November 2021.

The webinar follows a 'Question Time' format and is in two halves: First, speakers share their views on outcomes from COP26. Then, they look forward to COP27, set to be hosted in Egypt, and explore what is needed from the next key political moment to advance climate action. Both parts of the webinar are followed by a Q&A with the audience.

00:00 - Intro by Emily Wilkinson
02:30 - Amani Aboud Zeid
14:45 - Chukwumerije Okereke
21:05 - Simon Maxwell
28:30 - Meena Raman
39:39 - Discussion

Speakers

Dr Amani Aboud Zeid, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy
Meena Raman, Third World Network
Chukwumerije Okereke, Professor of Global Climate and Environmental Governance and Co-Director of Climate and Justice Centre, University of Reading
Simon Maxwell, ODI

Chair
Dr Emily Wilkinson, Senior Research Fellow, ODI; Chief Scientific Adviser, CREAD-Dominica; ​Co-Director, Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network (CRRKN)

About COP26

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Conferences of the Parties (COP) aim to review the progress made by its members to limit climate change. The most recent meeting (COP26), took place in Glasgow in November 2021.

During the meeting, member states agreed to accelerate their plans toward net-zero carbon goals, by strengthening their emissions reduction targets for 2030 by next year, instead of 2025 as set out in the Paris Agreement (2015). Alongside which the need to reduce global greenhouse-gas emissions by 45% by 2030 was also formally recognised. In addition, the Adaptation Fund received a record-shattering US$ 356 million in new support from contributing national and regional governments, including first-time contributors U.S and Canada. Besides these official outcomes, the ‘catalyst’ effect also worked, with several coalitions and partnerships announced.

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