Risk management
Collaboration against climate change
November’s United Nations climate conference in Glasgow was arguably the most important ever. Known as COP26, it brought together hundreds of countries and promised to dramatically ramp up our collective battle to save the planet. But where does business fi t into the equation? Lizzie
Waymouth talks to Claire Lund, GSK’s sustainability boss, to discuss the role of business leaders in the current stage of the climate crisis, how liaising closely with counterparts in government is crucial to success – and how sustainability efforts could change both business and society.
round the world, this was a year of extreme weather. In North America, Hurricane Elsa was the first of its kind to strike Barbados in over 60 years, while Hurricane Ida was the second most damaging tropical storm to ever hit Louisiana. Flooding and landslides in India were responsible for around 200 deaths, while floods in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium killed around 180.
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These events have been a wake-up call for anyone who remains unconvinced that climate change is not having an impact on the planet.
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More to the point, it’s only likely to continue if we don’t act fast. As the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stated, “it is now an established fact” that extreme weather events are linked to climate change. With this in mind, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), which took place in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November, was the most important yet. With 200 countries coming together to discuss next steps, collaboration was at the heart of the conference: not only among governments, but
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