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IEMA members give their thoughts on COP28
Negotiations are well underway at COP28 in the UAE as countries look to agree the best ways to tackle climate change and environmental breakdown over the coming decades.
IEMA CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE, and deputy CEO, Martin Baxter are currently at the summit speaking with stakeholders to gain support for the institute’s campaign to get green skills and jobs in the finaContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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COP28 roundup of announcements
This year’s COP28 climate summit concluded with an “historic” agreement between countries to “transition away from fossil fuels”, although the final Global Stocktake text has been described as containing “a litany of loopholes”.
IEMA’s CEO and deputy CEO, Sarah Mukherjee MBE and Martin Baxter, respectively, called for greater support for green skills at several events today on Youth, Children, Education and Skills Day at COP28.
With the first week of COP28 drawing to a close, IEMA’s deputy CEO, Martin Baxter, reflects on some of the key announcements made so far, addresses the controversy surrounding the climate summit, and highlights what to look out for in the second week.
Thousands of people have gathered in the UAE for this year’s COP28 climate summit, including IEMA CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE, and deputy CEO, Martin Baxter.
In the August/September edition of Transform, I wrote about a green skills campaign that IEMA has been running in the lead into COP28.
More than 40 organisations and businesses have backed IEMA’s campaign to get green skills and training on the agenda at COP28, including Nestle UK, the British Chambers of Commerce, and OVO Energy.
In the build-up to COP28, which this year takes place in the United Arab Emirates, IEMA is campaigning for greater recognition of the role of skills in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process.
IEMA representatives have been busy at the Bonn Climate Change Conference this week to help set the agenda at the COP28 summit in the UAE later this year.
