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Committee Material Published 30 Sep 2021 ↗ View on Parliament

COP26, which will take place in Glasgow in November, may well be the largest summit ever hosted in the UK and it provides a major opportunity for the UK to show global leadership. We recommend that the UK Government should use this opportunity to make every endeavour to build an international consensus on the role of pension schemes and other parts of the finance sector in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

COP26, which will take place in Glasgow in November, may well be the largest summit ever hosted in the UK and it provides a major opportunity for the UK to show global leadership. We recommend that the UK Government should use this opportunity to make every endeavour to build an international consensus on the role of pension schemes and other parts of the finance sector in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. Type: recommendation | Number: 1 | Paragraph: 7 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Government is working to build an international consensus on the role of pension schemes and other parts of the finance sector in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Government is committed to raising ambition on climate change globally. On 1 October 2021, the Occupational Pension Sc