MaREI is organising an online event, highlighting collaborative climate action projects around the world, to align with COP-26.

COP-26 is orientated around the central goal of securing global net-zero by mid-century and keeping 1.5 degrees within reach. Working together is seen as crucial to achieving this target with “collaboration between governments, businesses and civil society” outlined as the necessary approach. Within this session we introduce a number of regional (or local) projects which are focused on contributing towards net-zero by 2050, through collaboration between different organisations and actors.

Bringing together a wide range of exemplar regional / local climate projects, policymakers and academic experts, this session will seek to address the following questions;

o How can we ensure the learnings from local case studies have a broader impact, informing national/ global policy?
o How might top-down policy support the development of local networks?
o What is the role of intermediaries in facilitating the development of these networks?
o What differences in approach are needed across continents and scale (urban city or rural region)?
o What are the co-benefits / trade-offs between net-zero and other sustainability goals?