Flow Country on the agenda at COP26
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A Highland Council coordinator presented a talk on the Flow Country at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.
The council's climate change coordinator, Joe Perry, presented a talk called History of The Flow Country Peatlands in the Blue Zone, at an event called “The Flows and the Future: Scotland’s Unique Contribution to Saving the Climate and Nature".
The chair of Highland Council’s climate change working group, Cllr Trish Robertson, has said she wants to see conversations that took place at COP26 turn into “real action in real time".
The COP26 summit, now in its second and final week, is bringing parties together from across the world to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Cllr Robertson, who attended COP26 last week, said: “There was a lot to learn from the events at COP26 and the pledges made by political leaders are to be welcomed. We will see progress if the promises can be actioned quickly.
“I listened to many wide-ranging ideas on how companies intend to face the challenge, but further questioning made it clear many of these are merely ideas and action is still awaited.”
She added: “My hope is that the interaction over the two weeks will see the enthusiasm expressed in conversations translate to real actions in real time.”
During the first week of COP26, world leaders and delegates made a variety of pledges and commitments including, a declaration on ending deforestation by 2030, committing to reduce methane emissions by at least 30 per cent from 2020 levels by the end of the century and more than 40 countries agreed to phase out coal-fired power.
