COP26 - IIPP busts myths to unlock climate action
COP26 Events
Members of the IIPP team are speaking at a number of events as part of COP26. Details below.
- 28 October, 6-7:15pm (GMT) How Do We Pay for a Green New Deal? Online event.
- 2 November, 9am (GMT) Olga Mikheeva presenting on the ‘Economic Response Toward Coivd-19 Resilience’ panel. Online event.
- 3 November, 12:30pm (GMT)Cities at the Crossroads.Public event to launch the Council on Urban Initiatives.London.
- 4 November, 9-10:30am (GMT) . Zero Emissions Solutions Conference. Ryan Bellinson presenting on the ‘Net Zero Cities of the Future’ panel. Online event.
- 10 November, 10-11am(GMT)Public Development Banks & Green Finance for a Just Transition to Net Zero.Hosted by theScottish National Investment Bank.Gallery 4, The Lighthouse, Glasgow and online.
- 10 November, 5:30-6:30pm (GMT) Getting Serious about the Green Economy: Social and Economic Tools to Achieve Bold Climate Targets, EU Pavilion (Blue Zone), Glasgow and online. (as shown in above image)
- 11 November, 3:45-5pm(GMT)Adaptation and resilience in urban water: Convergence of water and sanitation and climate action, Water Pavilion Event featuring Gyorgi Galik. .
Solving the climate crisis and creating a more fair, just economy in the process is only achievable if governments act boldly. Markets can and must be shaped by the public sector in a sustainable direction, towards inclusive green economic growth. Investment is not neutral, and innovation can be tilted towards addressing societal-wide challenges such as climate change and biodiversity and ecosystems loss.
COP26 is a springboard for action to avoid the climate crisis and foster a more equitable economy in the process. To achieve this sustainable future, new economic thinking is needed that can direct purpose-driven innovation, unlock alternative forms of investment and financial models and reimagine public value to help society accelerate the green transformation.
Our policy and research projects - with partners ranging from the European Commission to London Borough of Camden - are highly impactful, aiming to shift the role of the public sector and purpose of innovation towards the direction of grand challenges like climate change. Through our work, we are scrutinising the economic and political myths that have stifled climate action and are experimenting with new theories alongside policymakers to reimagine tools and approaches for the green future.
Challenging myths to solve the climate crisis’
To address and promote solutions that can solve climate change, biodiversity loss and ecological degradation, public and private organisations must collaborate in new ways and become more purpose-driven. Governments at all levels demand different tools and capabilities to co-create and co-shape green and sustainable markets. Through IIPP’s work, we take on the myths underpinning the notion that the problems of the fossil fuel economy of the past and present can be solved through market-fixing solutions and are developing frameworks for the zero carbon economy of tomorrow.
Highlights
- Publications
The EIB and the new EU missions framework
Quantitative easing and nature loss
A case study of mission-oriented innovation in Greater Manchester
Climate-related financial policy in a world of radical uncertainty: Towards a precautionary approach
- Projects
Biscay Fiscal (Tax) Policy and the SDGs
Greater Manchester’s climate mission
Thought leadership
- Op-eds
(The New Republic) by Mariana Mazzucato
(Times Higher Education) by Martha McPherson and Kate Roll
(TIME) by Mariana Mazzucato
(Project Syndicate) by Mariana Mazzucato
(Project Syndicate) by Mariana Mazzucato, Josh Ryan-Collins and Asker Voldsgaard
(Open Democracy) by Thomas Marois
- Media highlights
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Collaborate with us!
We help global policymakers solve complex problems. To work with us, find out more about our:
- Mission Oriented Innovation Network (MOIN) where we bring together leading policymaking institutions to share the challenges and opportunities they face in the pursuit of public-value driven innovation.
- Executive Education where we emphasise the dynamic capabilities required in the public sector to tackle the grand challenges of the 21st century.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Senior Research Fellow in Cities, Climate and Innovation