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What to expect from COP26

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The closing session of the TED Countdown Summit in Edinburgh on Friday, October 15, 2021 started with a discussion about the upcoming United Nations climate conference, COP26, which will take place in Glasgow from October 31-November 12, 2021. The discussion -- featuring Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation; and Gonzalo Muñoz, the UN's High Level Climate Action Champion for COP25 -- touched on how the process works and what we can expect from this crucial global gathering.

The closing session of the TED Countdown Summit in Edinburgh on Friday, October 15, 2021 started with a discussion about the upcoming United Nations climate conference, COP26, which will take place in Glasgow from October 31-November 12, 2021. The discussion -- featuring Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation; and Gonzalo Muñoz, the UN's High Level Climate Action Champion for COP25 -- touched on how the process works and what we can expect from this crucial global gathering.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

About the speakers

Patricia Espinosa

Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

Patricia Espinosa is a politician and diplomat and the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Laurence Tubiana

CEO, European Climate Foundation

A former French climate ambassador, Laurence Tubiana is the CEO of the European Climate Foundation, working to ensure that Europe plays a front-runner role on climate.

Gonzalo Muñoz

UN's High Level Climate Action Champion, COP25

Gonzalo Muñoz was nominated by the Chilean presidency and the United Nations as the High-Level Climate Champion for the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC).

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.