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COP28, this year’s global climate conference began yesterday. Consequently, I was reminded of my last post which referenced Deloitte UK’s fourth The Sustainable Consumer Report, which provided detailed consumer insight regarding their adoption of environmentally sustainable lifestyles. What needs to transpire at the Dubai summit?          

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I have been following some of the leading online green voices to better understand what to expect from COP28. Most outline the scientific data behind the current state of global emissions and concur progress was being made, but we are still way off-track. The green voices are concerned       we are not moving fast enough to make the transformation to a world without fossil fuels. They believe it will take business and governments working together to ramp up capital investment – a financing system which makes the climate crisis centric. Several green voices stressed the need for more on-the-ground (e.g., community) action plans to moderate climate change.

In closing, I am a food futurist. This past year I have been actively engaging with advocates leading the charge to reform our food systems and restoring nature (e.g., Blue Economy) as solutions to mitigate global warming. Accordingly, one leading green voice I follow summarized it best about COP28, another climate conference: Do we have the right leaders for the job? Interesting given Deloitte UK’s fourth The Sustainable Consumer Report indicated consumers want businesses and institutions to take the lead in supporting them with their adoption of environmentally sustainable lifestyles: 35% want more regulations requiring companies to offer better options while 31% expect government intervention re: lowering emissions.

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