Description: Come join us in our discussion with Tyrone Hall, and Zubair Zakir, as they unpack the recent COP26 in Glasgow. Both seasoned hands at climate change and Conference on Parties (COP) processes, Tyrone and Zubair will reflect on key developments such as whether or not we will get to the 1.5C pathway, greenwashing, the role of governments and business, bottlenecks, measures for centring marginalized voices and the grassroots in negotiations, and reasons for optimism. This is an interactive session – bring your best questions for Tyrone and Zubair!
Date:
Thursday, December 9, 7AM PT/8AM MT/10AM ET/3PM GMT
Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtd-ugqzgiHN0jXgi5IQ1AawcUnCeGVSUZ
Tyrone Hall
Tyrone Hall is a climate change specialist with over a decade of in-country research, intergovernmental and industry experience across the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, India and the Pacific region.
Tyrone has an exceptional record of harnessing diverse institutional voices, directly strengthening and boosting outcomes aligned with core priorities: from social enterprises and regional institutions to global partnerships at the forefront of multilateral processes.
His climate policy and communication competence is grounded in award-winning doctoral research. He earned both Vanier and Ontario Trillium Awards, the two most prestigious in Canada, for his doctoral work.
Tyrone earned a doctorate in Communication with a specialization in sustainability policy and politics from York University. His research examined campaign and negotiation processes in relation to the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change, alongside communication processes in 17 indigenous and traditional villages across Belize, Fiji and India.
He earned a Masters in International Development from Clark University in Massachusetts. His graduate research focused on analyzing and communicating the value of Environmental Impact Assessments for hotel developers, communities and policy-makers.
He's passionate about and previously taught advanced level university courses on climate and food politics and supported the deployment of tech for rural economic development in Africa and Latin America.
Zubair Zakir
Born and raised in London, Zubair Zakir is the Founder and CEO of Anthropocene.io, working with individuals within business, government, NGO and Indigenous tribal groups to implement actions that help protect the environment and deliver social change. He spent a decade working in the carbon markets for early pioneers including CantorCO2e and Natural Capital Partners.
Zubair is focused on supporting scalable solutions to support climate change mitigation and development priorities, empowering organizations to make use of finance and policy mechanisms, enabling the use of Natural Climate Solutions to deliver on climate mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity goals, challenging and rethinking outdated models of thinking and practice within existing sectors, using data and technology to evaluate risk and inform better decision making amongst all stakeholders, and breaking down barriers for marginalized and minority groups including people of colour, women and those living in poverty, to ensure their voices are heard in the global climate debate.
Zubair holds a BA Goegraphy from Kings College, University of London, and a Masters in European Business Management, SCP-Europe, and is a Fellow at The Royal Geographical Society.