Addressing the climate emergency while staying competitive: Nordic and British approaches and innovations

Nordics and the UK organised a climate themed webinar ‘Addressing the climate emergency while staying competitive: Nordic and British approaches and innovations’ in May. The webinar was organised in partnership with Chatham House, and the support of the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Updated 7th September 2021

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto opened the webinar, as part of Finland's Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers this year.  During the webinar day wide range of themes were covered, including political engagement ahead of UN Climate Conference COP26, concrete business cases contributing to a global green recovery in the aftermath of COVID-19 and the role of green finance.

A successful webinar meant a lot of work and coordination for the organisers. However, by doing together the climate action message is heard much better. Webinar fatigue was not really observed: over 530 registrants, from policymakers to business leaders, and experts to innovators, tuned in.

The recordings(Link to another website.) from the event will be available on the conference platform until the end of August. Kindly note that it is possible to register retroactively(Link to another website.), if you are interested to view the recordings. Read more, including the meeting summary, from the website of Chatham House: Addressing the climate emergency while staying competitive. (Link to another website.)

Nordic countries have great dynamics also in climate related topics: both positive competition in racing to the top and finding innovative solutions as well as close collaboration. Let us continue good cooperation, also ahead of COP26!