At the COP26 Summit in Glasgow in November, world leaders met to determine the scale of ambition and action to limit global warming.
The 26th global climate conference was a defining moment for the future of the planet and humankind. It offered the potential for ambitious commitment from all UN nations to limit global warming in the next decade to 1.5°C.
Announcements made both during the two-week conference in November and in the months preceding it finally led to the Glasgow Climate Pact, which built on the Paris Agreement and Kyoto Protocol.
The LI has produced a new policy briefing document covering the UK Government’s goals for the conference, the LI’s key asks of COP26, and headline outcomes around the Glasgow Climate Pact, the UK’s Net Zero Strategy, global adaptation goals, and UK climate adaptation policy, with particular focus on the implications for the landscape profession.
Landscape professionals will find all COP26 climate announcements of interest. The most relevant, however, are those pertaining to nature-based solutions, climate adaptation, and the role of cities and the built environment.
The headline messages for the UK landscape profession are:
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