COP is the foremost international conference on climate change and the IPU has long supported the engagement of parliaments in annual COP meetings through the organization of parliamentary meetings. COP26 provides a critical opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 and to set concrete plans to reach the Paris Agreement targets, at a time when the climate crisis is more critical than ever. The IPU co-organized with the British Group of the IPU a one-day Parliamentary Meeting at COP26 at the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow on 7 November 2021.
Moderated by Anna McMorrin MP, part one comprises the Opening Session with speeches by The Rt Hon Sir. Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the UK House of Commons, The Rt Hon the Lord McFall of Alcluith PC, Lord Speaker of the UK House of Lords, Mr. Duarte Pacheco, IPU President and Ms. Harriett Baldwin MP, Chair, BGIPU. It also includes Expert Opinion I on Climate Change and Clean Recovery by Hon. Senator Rosa Galvez, President, ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Climate Change, Member of the Senate of Canada
