In April 2021 the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) was launched. Here we discuss its founding, the importance of ESG aligned finance and how firms can avoid the accusations of Greenwashing through commonly understood standards.

As the dust settles on COP26 and the ink dries on the Glasgow Climate Pact, we have compiled the views of activists, climate scientists, negotiators and the COP president on what was achieved.

As part of our series of articles on COP26 as seen from different places we are pleased to be able to share this article from energy and environmental lawyer Maroof Mittha. It sets out his views and his perspectives on COP26 and climate issues affecting Pakistan.

At 5:51am on the Weds 10th Nov, halfway through the second week of COP26, the UNFCC released a draft of three COP26 Decision Texts. We summarise what is in the drafts and give our initial thoughts here.

With the opening of the COP26 climate conference on 31 October 2021, we are privileged to share this article from Bhagat Pokhrel on Climate Change and COP26 as seen from Bhutan. This article is further evidence of the geographical reach of climate change, and the urgency of the task for COP26 delegates.

COP26 and beyond are proud to be an endorsing signatory of the Youth Climate Declaration.

COP26andBeyond will be hosting several events during COY16 & COP26:

“Beyond COP26” Workshop @ Virtual Conference of Youth. 30th Oct.

“Net Zero Scotland Community - Future Series” - Glasgow. 4th Nov

“Beyond COP26”. with After the Pandemic. Uni of Strathclyde - Glasgow. 4th Nov

Before our Engineering for the Energy Transition event at the #All4Climate Italy 2021 Summit in Sept 2021, we sat down with Evangelos Pastras, one of our speakers, to talk all things battery storage.

COP26andBeyond, in partnership with IARI, will be hosting 3 events at the #All4Climate Italy 2021 summit. Find out more and sign up here.

For our third article in a series on Climate & Biodiversity, we are privileged to have this expert contribution from Dr Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife & Countryside Link on the critical importance of the forthcoming Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kunming, China in October 2021, and its links to the climate negotiations.

In Part 3 of a three-part series, we look at the implications for finance from the IEA & IPCC reports. We discuss the potential for stranded assets, regulatory and investor expectations, and the potential impact of climate litigation.

In Part 2 of a three-part series, we look at the initial response to the recent IEA & IPCC reports from governments, and some of the wider implications for financial institutions.

In this first of a three-part series, we look at the way in which the publication in the summer of 2021 of two reports, from the IAE and the IPCC, has fundamentally changed the ground rules for fossil fuel investment.

Part 3 of our Energy & Emissions series gives a brief introduction to the main low-carbon energy sources, and details the challenges we need to overcome to get to a Net-Zero energy grid

In the run up to COP26, we are continuing to investigate inspiring actions and examples on climate change from young people in different parts of the world.

In this article we were lucky to be able to put some interview questions to 15-year-old South Korean climate activist Jiheyon (Cherry) Sung.

Introducing: After the Pandemic, an organisation local to Glasgow, the site of COP26, where they will be constructing a creative and cultural hub during the conference.

Summarising the UK Committee on Climate Change’s reports on the UK’s progress on reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.

The UK governments explains COP26

A guest blog from Sarah Gavioli of Istituto Analisi Relazioni Internationali ‘IARI’ in Italy. Article on the Great Green Wall (‘GGW’) initiative - a major international land restoration initiative across Africa.

In this guest blog, Giulia Paniccia from Istituto Analisi Relazioni Internationali ‘IARI’ considers the different levels of environmental laws and their implementation in Italy, and draws some conclusions of wider application to the effective enforcement of laws generally