Royal Aeronautical Society Heathrow Branch October 2021 Lecture via WEBINAR -
"Aviation at 'COP26'"
by Holly Greig, Deputy Director, Aviation Decarbonisation, UK Department for Transport


ABSTRACT:
COP 26, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, provides a unique opportunity to increase the ambition and pace of global action on decarbonisation.

It is also a critical milestone in the lead up to the 41st ICAO General Assembly in 2022 where, following the airline sectors historic commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 in October 2021, there is a unique opportunity for aviation to be the first global industry to also commit to a net-zero emissions by 2050.

We hope to use COP26 to galvanise industry, state, and civil society support for international action to reduce the climate impacts of aviation, and in this RAeS webinar, Holly Greig, Deputy Director, Aviation Decarbonisation, UK Department for Transport, will outline the Government’s plans for the COP that will support this ambition.


ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Holly Greig was appointed Deputy Director for Aviation Decarbonisation at the UK Department for Transport in June 2020.

Holly joined the Department in January 2015 as Head of Climate Change Strategy, working on the Department’s overall response to reducing emissions from Transport. Holly was then appointed Head of Office for the Minister for Aviation in August 2016, before being appointed Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Transport Secretary in February 2018.

Before this, she held various policy and operational roles at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Health, including Head of Enforcement and Debt policy in the Department for Work and Pensions, where she led the delivery of primary and secondary legislation and Head of Addiction Recovery policy in the Department for Health.


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