CONTRIBUTORS

Clover Hogan Lucy Siegle Mark Stevenson Sian Sutherland

Climate activist, researcher on eco-anxiety and the founding executive director of Force of Nature, Clover has worked alongside the world’s leading authorities on sustainability, consulted within the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies and supported students in over 50 countries to shift from climate anxiety to agency.

What is your greatest hope

for COP26? That people in historical seats of power treat the climate emergency like one, and that those historically shut out of these decisionmaking spaces, including young people and frontline communities, are listened to.

Stop talking, start acting…

Travel into your feelings about the climate crisis, identify the stories that get in the way of you taking transformative action, then use the force of your feelings to step up for climate. A journalist, broadcaster and author who specialises in climate and nature stories, Lucy was one of the first high profile writers to focus on fashion’s impact on people and planet.

What is your greatest hope

for COP26? That high income countries like ours increase their support to help lower income countries cut emissions and widen access to renewable energy. This is not about putting out a few bank loans to put solar panels on fast fashion garment factories. Basically, my ambition is for countries like mine to step up and act on climate justice.

Stop talking, start acting…

Learn to think on behalf of the Earth: carbonliteracy.com and aimhi.earth offer very short courses, or there are many free online introductions to basic climate science. Once you’ve got the basics, acting sustainably quickly becomes second nature. ‘Reluctant futurist’ Mark Stevenson is an advisor and board member helping governments, corporates and third sector clients understand the questions the future is asking them and changing the way they feel, behave, invest and recruit in the service of making our world more regenerative, humane, equitable and just.

What is your greatest hope for

COP26? That all the talk turns into very swift action. Most corporations and governments are like lung cancer patients who’ve finally started to think about giving up smoking and want a pat on the back. You’re 20 years too late – stop looking for accolades and get on with it.

Stop talking, start acting…

Stop making excuses for why you are not doing what you can with what you’ve got. You’re a leader – what you do ripples out and affects others. Gandhi had it right: Be the change you want to see in the world. Sian is co-founder of A Plastic Planet, one of the most recognised and respected campaigns tackling the plastic crisis. She has been named Female Marketer of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year and British Inventor of the Year, among other accolades.

What is your greatest hope for

COP26? That it will be a true COP for the people, not a misty green corporate bandwagon with lots of talk but little real action. We want our global leaders who represent the 7.7bn people on this planet to act with authority and real intention. There is no time to waste now.

Stop talking, start acting…

Buy less, buy better, share more, repair more. Be aware of your plastic footprint. Go beyond your personal plastic and see how you can possibly impact plastic within your workplace – this is where you have disproportionate power.

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