Glass Futures presents climate solutions at COP26

Published 24th November, 2021 by Jess Mills

In attendance from Glass Futures were Aston Fuller (left) and Richard Katz (third from right).

Glass Futures’ COP26 exhibitions on Science and Innovation Day demonstrated solutions to meet climate targets in line with the Presidency programme.

The programme covers issues such as securing global net zero by 2050, limiting global warming to 1.5°C and delivering on the Paris Agreement.

Senior officials from both UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) visited COP26 for the occasion.

Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Chief Executive of UKRI and Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge, said: “Glass Futures’ collaborative approach to cutting industrial emissions is a prime example of the joined up thinking needed to build a more sustainable and inclusive economy.”

Glass Futures is creating the Global Centre of Excellence for Glass funded through UKRIs Transforming Foundation Industry (TFI) Wave 3 Challenge. UKRI is contributing £15m to capital, fit out and commissioning costs of the Glass Futures Global Centre of Excellence in St Helens.

Jess Mills

Glass International Deputy Editor

Jess is the Deputy Editor of Glass International magazine. She has been training in creative and professional writing since 2017, earning her degree in 2020. Prior to joining Quartz Business Media, Jess worked as a freelance writer for a variety of companies and publications.