Over a million people have already signed this call to action from young climate activists Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Dominika Lasota, and Mitzi Tan demanding that we:
Keep the precious goal of 1.5°C alive with immediate, drastic, annual emission reductions unlike anything the world has ever seen.
End all fossil fuel investments, subsidies, and new projects immediately, and stop new exploration and extraction.
End creative carbon accounting by publishing total emissions for all consumption indices, supply chains, international aviation and shipping, and the burning of biomass.
Deliver the $100bn promised to the most vulnerable countries, with additional funds for climate disasters.Enact climate policies that protect workers and the most vulnerable, and reduce all forms of inequality.Add your signature here
Still unconvinced by the threat of extinction, take it from someone who knows in this ad for the UN Development Programme, by agency Activista, director Murray Butler, with VFX by Framestore
Some Twitter feeds to follow:
Bloomberg Green’s news coverage from COP26 @climate
UN Climate Change official account @UNFCCC
And for COP26 @COP26
UK site Business Green covers, as the name suggests, sustainability from a corporate angle @BusinessGreen
Surfers Against Sewage are out in force at COP26 and will be sure to make their voices heard @sascampaigns
Don’t forget to sign up for the Design Council’s free online Design for Planet festival on November 9-10. An array of exciting speakers will discuss design’s response to the climate crisis and attempt to formulate a path forward for the industry. URGE members are to the fore with a variety of keynotes, panels and workshops. Details here
The Design Museum’s Waste Age show, which features the above materials installation from URGE’s Sophie Thomas and for which URGE has created a sustainability audit, has been garnering plenty of press.
