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COP26 didn’t accomplish everything, but it may have saved forests

23Nov

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Economy, Loyola Marymount University, Policy, Video

COP26 didn’t accomplish everything, but it may have saved forests

By Lauren Chappell https://youtu.be/MSCn5NEYkO8 Dr. Eric Strauss, President's Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Urban Resilience at LMU, speaks about what the expectations and outcomes of COP26 were. Including one that may be the most influential pledge to come out of the conference.

COP26 Week 2: Summit “heats up” as representatives struggle to finalize plan

17Nov

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Economy, Loyola Marymount University, Policy

COP26 Week 2: Summit “heats up” as representatives struggle to finalize plan

By Alex Kim The second week of COP26 focused on drafting a global climate accord by the end of the summit, as criticisms continued to swirl around pledges that were made. Day Eight: Sunday, Nov. 7 A counter climate summit began on Sunday, Nov. 7, because of the “greenwashing” and inaction from investors and world leaders of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The purpose of The People’s Summit for Climate Justice is to bring attention to ideas and solutions which, it believes, have not been effectively addressed at COP26. Some of the key points that the counter-summit advocated for were the Global Green New Deal – a UN proposition from 2009 that has never been passed – and corporate liability for th...

COP26 Week 1: Catalyst for change or performative gesture?

16Nov

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Economy, Energy, Loyola Marymount University, Policy

COP26 Week 1: Catalyst for change or performative gesture?

By Alex Kim The first week of COP26 was packed with action. From new agreements to failings of old ones the first week leaves us with a lot to discuss. Day One: Sunday, Oct. 31 The opening days of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) brought out representatives and activists from the global community to discuss climate change and find ways to mitigate its effects on the planet. Though not formally invited, climate activist Greta Thunberg was swarmed by hundreds of people concerned with climate change upon her arrival to the convention in Glasgow, Scotland. Representatives from around the globe were calling on world leaders to take direct action to prevent the global climate from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above  “pre-industrial levels....

29Oct

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Economy, Loyola Marymount University, Policy

What is COP26?

By Ashley Buschhorn Image ©No10 Crown Copyright . 04/02/2020. London, United Kingdom. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Sir David Attenborough talk to school children at the Science Museum for Launch of the UK hosting of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). Picture by Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street COP26 is the 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, from Sunday, Oct. 31, through Friday, Nov. 12. This could be a pivotal event for the future of climate change. The Conference of Parties, the COP, consists of world superpowers such as the U.S., U.K., China and Russia. Two of the world’s largest pollutants, Russia and Brazil, will participate in COP, but their presidents will not be in attendance. China, ...