Nigel Topping, High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26, shares his expertise on navigating the complexities of climate change. He stresses that every system, from energy consumption to natural patterns, can be reshaped for a better future. Topping presents three radical collaboration principles: ambition loops, exponential goals, and shared action pathways. He delves into the shipping industry's commitment to zero carbon emissions by 2050, showcasing how effective teamwork and innovative storytelling can drive sustainable change.
Every human and natural system -- from oil extraction to the flight of a flock of starlings -- can be seen as a set of repeating patterns. These patterns can be disrupted for good or for bad, says Nigel Topping, the High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26, the UN’s climate change conference set to take place in November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. He shares three rules of radical collaboration that could positively disrupt the patterns of the global economy and help humanity tackle the world’s greatest threat: climate change.