Road to COP26—exploring the role of private finance

Road to COP26—exploring the role of private finance

How can private finance help tackle climate change, and is there a role for it in the run-up to COP26 and beyond?

This November, the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) will take place, where delegates from around the world will meet to finalise negotiations on the functioning of the Paris Agreement. In its role as president of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the UK has pledged to show. One of the focus areas of COP26 is the role of private finance in achieving the emission reduction goals of the Paris Agreement. As put by the COP26 Finance Hub, ‘every company, bank, insurer and investor will have to adjust their business models, develop credible plans for the transition and implement them’.

In the latest instalment in our series of News Analysis preceding COP26, and , partners, and , trainee solicitor, of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP discuss the four main objectives of private finance work identified in the pre-COP26 strategy report, Building A Private Finance System for Net Zero, and how they are set to be delivered.

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Anna is a paralegal in the LexisPSL Hub. She graduated with a degree in English and Australian law from King’s College London University, where she took part in several pro bono initiatives, such as the Legal Outreach and Street law, was an elected officer to the executive committee of the KCL Law Society and worked as a student advisor in the KCL Student Legal Clinic. Anna initially started at ÀÏ˾»úÎçÒ¹¸£Àû as a Student Associate and later joined as a paralegal.Â