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Business Matters: COP26 kicks off

COP26 kicks off

02/11/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, COP26 kicks off

Narendra Modi calls on developed economies to help poorer countries fight climate change.

COP26 begins in Glasgow, where Indian PM Narendra Modi urged developed economies to financially assist developing economies in the fight against catastrophic climate change.

The 26th annual Conference of Parties, COP26, begins in Glasgow. World leaders met to rally each other into action against catastrophic climate change, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who urged developed economies to financially assist the developing economies to meet their emissions pledges. We speak to Aayushi Awasthy, a PhD scholar in Energy Economics at the University of East Anglia and Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Assistant Director of the Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Centre. Japan has a new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, and he has new ideas for the country – dubbed socialism by some and even mocked as similar to policies of the Chinese Communist Party. In Canada, a tussle for control over a media empire mirrors that of HBO’s hit comedy Succession – we hear from Jesse Brown, host of the Canadaland podcast. And Stephanie Hare talks about how best to spend that most precious asset: time.

Throughout the programme we’re joined by peter Morici, Professor Emeritus of International Business at the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and in Japan by Yoko Ishikura, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.

Photo: Indian Prime Minister arrives at the COP26 Credit: Getty Images

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