Politicians have failed so it’s over to industry to take the lead

By Simon Wyatt2021-11-17T05:06:00

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After two years of build-up and two weeks of debate, COP26 is over having achieved depressingly little in terms of meaningful action to tackle the climate crisis

Over the past two weeks, it has been heartening to see the huge amount of debate and discussion in our industry and among the public to raise awareness around climate change that has been sparked by COP26.

But, after two years’ build up and two weeks of negotiations, this conference, which was billed as “our last chance to save the planet”, has arguably been a complete anti-climax. In terms of tangible global action, very little has been achieved and that is truly disappointing.

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