Circular Business Podcast

A (climate action) Walk To Remember | Ep. #74

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Today we talk to Sam Baker from Walk2COP26.

COP26 is the 2021 edition of the United Nations Annual Climate Change Conference, it is an event many believe to be the world’s last best chance to get climate change under control.

I’d recommend you to listen to Episode 72 of Circular Business Podcast, in case you want to freshen up on the basic details and agenda of COP26.

Walk2COP26 is a project led by Sam Baker. A project that involves 6 climate-conscious individuals who’ll walk 500 miles on foot from London to Glasgow engaging individuals and groups along the way on climate change conversations.

They plan to explore their perspectives on:

  • the impact of climate change; its urgency; their sense of agency and their appetite for taking action

    • Through their journey and events, they aim to create awareness, trigger the right blend of individual + collaborative action by bringing together stakeholders from national & local govt. businesses & civil society

    Sam has spent almost 30 years working with businesses as a consultant. Since 2015 he has focussed on the intersection of business, society and the environment. He’s walking to listen, to learn with the hope of contributing in a small way to a safer future for his grandson.

    Show Notes:

    1. Why COP26 is crucial?
    2. Half global emissions by 2030.
    3. Need for clear commitments on reducing emissions
    4. What we need this year is a strong set of national commitments and then we rule where these commitments get enshrined, monitored and work cohesively across nation-states
    5. We need strong national policies as a foundation for moving forward on tackling the climate crisis
    6. Sam and his team want to give a voice to people who are impacted by climate action…people who come from different walks of life…
    7. Host events to bring together different stakeholders under one roof and initiate conversations, discuss broader challenges together and how are they going to find solutions.
    8. Do they feel empowered to make a difference, or do they consider it is someone else’s responsibility?
    9. Do they intend to make any change in their current climate harming behaviors?
    10. Implementing SDG parameters rightly can lead to profound transformations. Having said that alignment to short term commercial goals can become challenging.

      11. Contact Walk2COP26

      Keyword : COP26; Net Zero

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