What Does The World Need From COP26?
The Energy Gang
Wood Mackenzie
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
COP26 is under way in Glasgow. It has been billed as the “last best hope for the world to get its act together” on climate change, but what is the real significance of the talks?
Host Ed Crooks is joined by new regular co-host of the Energy Gang Melissa Lott, Director of Research at the Centre on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, to discuss the key issues and outcomes of the conference. Also joining for this episode is Emily Chasan, Director of Communications at Generate Capital, and former Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg journalist.
What needs to happen at COP26 for it to be counted as a success? The UN Environment Program noted in its new Emissions Gap 2021 report last week: “As a group, G20 members are not on track to achieve either their original or new 2030 pledges. Ten G20 members are on track to achieve their previous NDCs, while seven are off track.”
In this episode, the gang will explore the pledges made at previous conferences, as well as the new ones, and discuss whether they can lead to meaningful change in the global energy system.
In the second half of the show: soaring prices for gas, coal and electricity since the summer have raised questions about energy access, poverty and international equity: how can the world address these issues at COP26 and beyond?
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| 0:59.3 | Hello, this is The Energy Gang. Weakly discussions about the fast-changing world of energy. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm Ed Cricks. Welcome to the show. |
| 1:09.8 | Now, as long time listeners to The Energy Gang will know, we've had some changes here at the |
| 1:13.5 | podcast. Steven Lacey and Catherine Hamilton, who founded the podcast with Juga Shah many years ago, |
| 1:19.2 | have moved on to do other great things and I want to thank them for all the great shows they've |
| 1:22.8 | produced down the years. We're going to try to be true to their legacy in carrying on the |
| 1:27.0 | conversation about the future of energy. So we have a new gang. It'll be me, Melissa Lott from |
| 1:31.5 | Columbia University's Central and Global Energy Policy, and some of the other best informed people |
| 1:35.5 | in energy in the US and beyond. Hello, Melissa. Hey, good to see you. And also very pleased to be |
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