The Dublin Climate Dialogues will call for bolder climate action on a global scale and seek to set how this might be done, former European Parliament president Pat Cox, who is chairing the proceedings, has said. With support from the Government, he confirmed the event will conclude on Thursday with a declaration to be handed over the UK government, which is hosting the critical UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November. “Our hope through these dialogues is to stimulate and reinforce not just interest in the global warming issue but also to encourage action, be that personal, community, corporate or institutional. Action matters more to achieve the necessary outcomes.”ConnectingTaking place six months before COP26, Mr Cox believed the Dublin gathering would assist the UK COP26 presidency. The conference will be opened by US climate envoy John Kerry, who will outline why this is such an important year in addressing climate crisis, and how a strong COP26 outcome could improve chances of containing global temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees.

Source: The Irish Times May 18, 2021 16:41 UTC