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  • COP27 Review: Global action slows despite notable successes

    November 21, 2022

    Michael Hartt, Senior Partner and Head of International Affairs  Despite the intense last-minute wrangling as COP27 carried on for two days beyond its scheduled close, the summit yielded little in the way of major breakthroughs. While the commitment to a loss and damage fund deserves celebrating, the failure to reach agreement in other key areas will likely leave delegates disappointed by the final text and dismayed that the goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C...

  • COP27 Reflections: Transforming Trade to Accelerate Climate Action

    November 18, 2022

    Tim Harding, Associate Director and International Trade Lead  COP27 has been framed as being all about implementation, with delegates looking for substantial but practical solutions to a challenge of immense scale: A report commissioned by the UK and Egyptian governments estimated developing nations will require $2 trillion per year by 2030 for energy transition alone. International trade can play a pivotal role driving climate improvement and make progress on this implementation gap, if only governments...

  • COP27 Reflections: Authentic communication is critical to maintaining public belief in corporate engagement

    November 17, 2022

    Imogen Sackey, Associate Director, Corporate Reputation & Purpose; and Anthea Flint, Director, Consumer Almost half of consumers either don’t know which business commitments to believe in or don’t trust companies on climate change and sustainability issues. Given 64% of the British public believe business is accountable for helping to tackle climate change, this lack of credibility is worth paying attention to. Looking at the journey to COP27 and engagement on the ground, it is perhaps easy...

  • FleishmanHillard COP27 Reflections: Youth take their seat at the table

    November 15, 2022

    Jamal Johnson, graduate trainee, Consumer Brand, Youth & Culture Week one of COP27 was dominated by the arrival of world leaders and negotiations to scale up the investment needed to tackle the climate crisis. And while this COP feels a little lacklustre in comparison to years past (including the notable absence from Greta Thunberg), the voice of youth staked a new claim at the Summit with the first-ever dedicated COP platform. On Wednesday, a dedicated...

  • COP27 Reflections: Some optimism, need for action and transparency in net zero

    November 14, 2022

      Carly Hilkin, Director, Corporate Reputation & Purpose Heading into COP27 this year, I, like many I expect, felt cynical. How could you not be? However, watching the first week of conference headlines has struck a slightly different chord. The “implementation COP” has already seen multiple noteworthy successes: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottle’s innovative “Bridgetown Agenda” outlining solutions to providing more climate finance was broadly well-received, multiple countries announced new regulations for tackling emissions, and...

  • FleishmanHillard COP27 Reflections: Finance that’s fit for the future

    November 9, 2022

    Imogen Sackey, Associate Director, Corporate Reputation & Purpose On Sunday, Managing Director of Namibia’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism Petrus Muteyauli captured the spirit of COP27 powerfully: “COP21 told us what to do, COP26 told us how to do it and COP27 calls us to go to the battlefield and implement what we decided over the past 27 years.” In recent years, the world has heard repeatedly of pledges to tackle the climate challenge with...

  • COP27 Preview: Five questions that will shape the climate summit

    October 27, 2022

    Michael Hartt, Senior Partner and Head of International Affairs One year after the notable progress on climate action at COP26 in Glasgow, government figures, civil society organisations, scientific experts and business leaders are now preparing to visit Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27. But even with clear evidence the climate crisis is worsening, this year’s summit will open with difficult questions for attendees about whether the pace and depth of action is enough. The Egyptian...