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Fossil fuel subsidies: News summary — COP26, Day 10

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  Welcome to day ten  of our daily broadcasts from the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, and from our hubs in Nairobi, Stockholm and Washington DC.    T oday's theme,  Pioneering Fossil Free Solutions  is part of  Sweden International Business Day . Meet the players who are moving ahead of their competition through bold climate action.   With   top speakers like  Martin Lundstedt , President and CEO of Volvo Group;  Viktoria Karsberg , Head of Corporate identity and group Communications at SSAB;  Christian Levin , CEO of Scania;  Tom Steyer , Co-Executive Chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions;  Per Bolund , Swedish Minister for Environment and Climate; and many more. News summary — COP26, Day 10   Some very interesting news   started to spread today, with the release of  drafts  of the main political documents to be signed by governments at COP26. In the  CMA draft , which relates d...

News summary — COP26 Day 9

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  Welcome to day nine  of our daily broadcasts from the negotiations floor at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, and from our hubs in Nairobi, Stockholm and Washington DC.    T oday's theme is  Circular Electronics.  Learn about the challenges, and meet the players who are moving ahead of their competition through bold climate action.   With   top speakers like:  Sacha Ghiglione , CEO of Prime Computer;  Claire Shrewsbury , Director of Insights & Innovation at WRAP; and  Wolfgang Lehmachar , Director, Thought leader & Former Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries at World Economic Forum. One billion people  will be affected by extreme heat stress if the global temperature rise reaches 2°C. According to  new research  released by the UK Met Office at COP26, the climate crisis drives up a deadly combination of heat and humidity, to a point where the human body is unable to get rid of excess heat...

COP26 Backdoor, day 9

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  Program, November 9    Watch all broadcasts live   or on-demand  on  wedonthavetime.org/cop26,  by clicking on the program items of your choice.  All broadcast times set in GMT.  Find your local time zone .     08:00-09:00 — Arctic Science Breakfast This event starts participants’ day with a breakfast and an informative set of speakers exploring Arctic climate science and the international collaboration driving it, highlighting the outcomes of the IPCC’s sixth assessment report (AR6).   Moderator: Saara Olsen , PhD, Limnologist and Climate Change Adaptation expert, City of Espoo Speaker: Dr  Helen Adams , Head of Science Engagement for COP26 Keynote David N. Thomas, Professor of Arctic Ecosystems Research at the University of Helsinki Panelists: Dr  Raisa Mäkipää , Research Professor, Natural Resources Institute Finland Dr  Pekka Niittynen , BioGeoClimate Modelling Lab, Department of Geosciences and Geography, ...