On Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day at COP26, global leaders came together to discuss how cities and urban areas can be transformed by green technology to become centres for climate action. As you can imagine, cities and urban areas produce the overwhelming majority of global carbon emissions through transport, industry and the energy needed for millions of people to live there.
Today we remember those who have given their lives or have been injured whilst serving in the armed forces.
Thameslink has joined forces with The Veterans Charity on the nationwide 'Routes of Remembrance' campaign, which sees poppy wreaths touring the country's railway network to honour the fallen.
A number of governments have today made significant commitments to improve the sustainability of global transport networks. Carbon emissions from transport alone currently make up 16% of all global greenhouse gas production.
Mayor Dave Hodgson recently visited Bedford Foodbank to discuss their work.
There has been new momentum from around the world to put gender at the forefront of climate action on Gender Day, as countries and non state actors set out gender and climate commitments. Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by climate change because they are more likely to live in poverty than men, have less access to basic human rights like the ability to freely move and acquire land, and face systematic violence that escalates during periods of instability.
