Nigel Topping
UN Climate Envoy | Accelerating the Green Transition to Net-Zero Emissions
About
Nigel Topping serves as UN Climate Envoy, leading global efforts to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy by 2050. Through his work with major platforms like TED and the UN's Countdown initiative, he champions the urgent need to green the economy while ensuring sustainable economic recovery.
Topping's approach centers on making the race to net-zero emissions both achievable and inclusive, consistently asking stakeholders across sectors whether they're ready to join this critical mission. His expertise spans the intersection of climate action and economic transformation, focusing on practical strategies that can be implemented at scale.
Speaking at prominent events including TED2020 and multiple Countdown summits, he translates complex climate challenges into actionable frameworks that governments, businesses, and individuals can adopt to drive meaningful environmental change.
What Nigel Talks About
Strategies for greening the economy during post-pandemic recovery
Three essential rules for achieving a zero-carbon world
Building momentum for the global race to net-zero emissions by 2050
Scaling climate action across government and private sector partnerships
Transforming economic systems to support sustainable development goals
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3 rules for a zero-carbon world
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.
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The race to net-zero emissions by 2050 is on. Can we count you in?
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