A sustainable automotive industry? Cars, climate change and COP26

COP26 drew the world’s attention as governments, environmental groups and industry gurus decided the best way to tackle climate change. On 13 November, an agreement was finally reached, with a last-minute change in wording to phase down, rather than phase out the use of unabated coal. But what does this, and other COP26 arrangements mean for the automotive industry and its sustainability efforts? Show notes UN: Era free of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles comes into focus at COP26 https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1105462 CLEPA: Joint Responsible Supply Chain Initiative launched https://clepa.eu/mediaroom/joint-responsible-supply-chain-initiative-launched-to-support-sustainability-performance-of-companies/ Polestar: Polestar to car industry at COP26: too little, too slowly https://media.polestar.com/global/en/media/pressreleases/640699 Greenpeace: Major global economies and car manufacturers fail to sign even the weakest of agreements on electric vehicles at COP26 https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/50669/agreement-failure-electric-vehicles-cop-transport-day/ T&E: Electric-vehicle boom set to stall as ‘lost decade’ looms https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/electric-vehicle-boom-set-to-stall-as-lost-decade-looms/ Electric vehicles are going vegan https://autovista24.autovistagroup.com/news/electric-vehicles-are-going-vegan/ Volvo sends clear climate-action signal by setting internal carbon prices https://autovista24.autovistagroup.com/news/volvo-sends-clear-climate-action-signal-by-setting-internal-carbon-prices/ Batteries and hydrogen: the new ‘two-fuel’ future? https://autovista24.autovistagroup.com/news/batteries-and-hydrogen-the-new-two-fuel-future/ New F1 synthetic fuel has real-world ambitions https://autovista24.autovistagroup.com/news/new-f1-synthetic-fuel-has-real-world-ambitions/ Toyota: Toyota part of partnership to develop hydrogen engines https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/36328304.html