Ai Group participated closely in COP26 and observed a wide range of negotiations and side events, as well as contributing to statements and position papers on behalf of global business. Links to notes and documents are listed below.
Side events: Sectors
Business engagement and action on the Paris Agreement for a sustainable resilient recovery (convened by the Major Economies Business Forum)
Decarbonising Transport: Driving Implementation Actions and Turning Targets into a Transformation (convened by the OECD International Transport Forum)
Seizing opportunities for developing countries in providing zero carbon fuels to global shipping (convened by the International Maritime Organization)
Transform to Net Zero: Accelerating Non-Party Stakeholder Action to 1.5C (convened by the World Economic Forum)
Side events: national approaches
Carbon Markets and Green Hydrogen in Chile – synergies to reach decarbonization (convened by the International Emissions Trading Association)
How Japan will achieve carbon neutrality and ease transition in the Asian region (convened by METI, Japan)
Side events: technologies
Actions for Clean Energy, Clean Materials & Energy Efficiency to Advance Ambitions & Solutions (convened by IEEE)
Building a Better Battery (convened by US Government)
Carbon capture, utilization and storage in industry: global state of play (convened by IEA GHG)
Side events: policies
Article 6 – what it is, why it matters, where it’s at (convened by Belfer Center at Harvard University)
Establishing a regional carbon bubble in the Indo-Pacific (convened by the Australian Climate Change Authority)
Further, Faster, Together: State-Federal Partnership (convened by US Government)
How will the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism impact trade? (convened by Turkey)
Side events: science
1.5C: where are we now, where are we headed, what are the risks? (convened by the UK Met Office)
Keeping 1.5C alive: how do we pull back from the brink? (convened by Climate Analytics and WWF)
Statements
Ai Group on the Glasgow outcome
Papers
Border Adjustments for Carbon: perspectives from global business (BizMEF)
Transparency Processes and Business: the Global Stocktake & National Reports (BizMEF)
Perspectives: Launching a Resilient Sustainable Recovery Towards Global Net Zero (BizMEF)
Negotiations
SBI opening plenary 1 November 2021
Article 6 – SBSTA contact group 1 November 2021
Article 6 – SBSTA informal consultations 4 November 2021
Article 6 – SBSTA informal consultations 5 November 2021
Article 6 and other matters – SBSTA closing plenary 7 November 2021
Stocktaking plenary 10 November 2021
Stocktaking plenary 11 November 2021
Stocktaking plenary 12 November 2021
Stocktaking plenary 13 November 2021 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 as thread breaks)
COP26 closing plenary 14 November 2021
Podcasts
What on Earth, ep 7: Glasgow and the Globe
Blogs
Read Tennant Reed's Blog post providing a full summary of the most important outcomes from COP26
Tennant Reed is Director - Climate Change and Energy at Ai Group. He has worked on these issues since 2008, advising Ai Group’s Leaders’ Group on Energy and Climate Policy; coordinating joint research and advocacy with wider energy stakeholders; facilitating the Australian Climate Roundtable; developing reports on energy prices, carbon border adjustments and business energy use; reviewing emissions targets for the State of Victoria; and closely observing international climate negotiations.
