UK to host COP26 in Glasgow – the 26th UN Climate Change Conference for the Parties

From the 1^st to the 12^th November 2021, the eyes and ears of the world will be waiting on what action is proposed to tackle climate change from the 26^th UN Climate Change Conference for the Parties. Postponed from last year due to Covid-19, this global United Nations summit will look at how countries are planning on tackling climate change and what plans they have derived to reduce carbon emissions.

Held in Glasgow, COP26 will be the biggest summit that the UK has ever hosted and it has been described as the most significant event since the Paris Agreement in 2015. With weather patterns changing around the world, and risk to life from nature increasing due to flooding, high temperatures and severe cold spells, the clock is definitely ticking on what can be done.

This is a good time for the UK to host this event with the government announcing that 2020 was a “Year of Climate Action” and this has also been seen with initiatives such as the Green Homes Grant scheme, which is designed to help fund energy efficiency measures in homes and reduce the carbon footprint. 

With various reviews into improving the energy efficiency standards and delivering more renewable energy, coupled with government funded schemes to assist with the costs of change, we appear to have started on the long path to the UK’s pledge to have net zero emissions by 2050.