Tag: COP26

Hitachi is ‘Racing to Zero’ with World’s First Carbon Zero Powered Film for COP26 by Mamapöol

Stuart Mitchell

The race is on for the world to deliver its goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and keep global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius.  Today, world leaders from 197 countries plus the EU, will meet in Glasgow for COP26, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.  It is among the largest international meetings in the world with complex negotiations between governments involving officials from every country as well as…

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Tottenham and Sky make Chelsea fixture the world’s first net zero carbon major football match, ahead of COP26

Stuart Mitchell

Tottenham Hotspur has partnered with Sky to host the world’s first net zero carbon football game at an elite level. The 19 September fixture against Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was supported by COP26 and the Premier League, and will be branded #GameZero, with the ambition of being net zero carbon. This is achieved when all direct emissions are reduced as much as possible, with the remainder offset through natural projects that remove emissions from the atmosphere. The Club, Sky and the UK Government want the game to raise awareness…

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En+ Group, V&A and Nebbia Works unveil stunning aluminium pavilion to raise climate awareness at the London Design Festival ahead of COP26

Stuart Mitchell

En+ Group, the world’s largest producer of low-carbon aluminium and independent hydropower, and the V&A, the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance, will today unveil a stunning pavilion made of the world’s lowest carbon primary aluminium, as a focal point of the London Design Festival’s tribute to COP26. The pavilion, titled “Between Forests and Skies”, has been designed by Nebbia Works, a London based, multidisciplinary design studio, with a heritage in architecture, furniture design and art direction. The beautiful, immersive, rectangular platform pavilion (length 13.5m x width 9m…

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COP26: New community climate action fund – Together for Our Planet launched

Stuart Mitchell

A new £2.5million National Lottery-funded programme to support communities across the UK take action on climate change has opened for applications, ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow this November. Building on interest and excitement for COP26, the ‘Together for Our Planet’ funding programme is being launched by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. It is offering grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to support local community projects, covering areas such as food, transport, energy, waste and consumption…

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UN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg Launches Corporate and Philanthropic Effort to Support Successful Climate Progress at COP26

Stuart Mitchell

Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions and founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies, has announced commitments and initiatives aimed at delivering on UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ call for ambitious action ahead of this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). Designed to catalyze additional climate actions from public, private and civil society actors around the world, Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies will unveil dozens of climate and environment focused investments, partnerships, capacity-building and educational efforts over the next eight weeks in the lead-up…

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