Climate change is the single most defining challenge of our generation. Digital technologies offer unique opportunities to enable and accelerate the green transition by enabling a smarter use of resources, decarbonize sectors and help both industries and societies to adapt to the effects of climate change.

Digitalization and new technologies have become major drivers of societal change and come with the promise of being the necessary tools to solve global challenges. But digitalization in itself does not achieve sustainable societies. Instead, digital has the potential to accelerate current environmental efforts through increased connectivity and by the gathering, sharing and analysis of data.

Due to the current pandemic, the COP26 that was supposed to take place in Glasgow in the last part of November 2020 has been postponed until 2021. A group of young students from the UK decided to create the MOCK COP26 to fill the void of the cancelled event. Read the conversation with the inspiring people behind the MOCK COP26 about the role of young climate activists in accelerating global climate efforts.