By Oliver Woodruff, Senior Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Vietnam –
COP26 begins this week in Glasgow. The event will bring together most of the World’s leaders, including some of the highest per capita emitters. This COP, or United Nations Conference of the Parties to give it the full name, is seen by many, as society’s last chance to begin reversing the causes of global climate warming and start to de-escalate the climate emergency.
ARUP will be there. As the lead sustainability consultant, we are working alongside the UK Government’s team for this vital summit. However, while our role could be completed quietly in the background, ARUP has been proactively hosting a series of regional webinars during October to raise awareness among business and private sector industry.
For it is business backed by policy, who are key to unlocking the behavioural and systemic change needed.