Foreword
Global leaders are gathering in Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. This event will be the most important milestone in the global fight against climate change since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015.
In the six years that have passed since the Paris Agreement was reached, it is fair to say that results have been mixed. While significant progress towards cutting emissions has been made, the pace of this change is far behind what is needed to avoid catastrophic climate change becoming a reality.
Clay Van Doren, Chief Executive Officer, Atos UK & Ireland and Northern Europe’
Featured Articles
Read the key stories from our opinion paper.
Accelerating to Net Zero
COP26 is the moment to accelerate our efforts to achieve net zero by 2050. We can transform and future-proof our economies for the better by combining digitalization with decarbonization.
Enabling Net Zero
Digital services are a key enabler of decarbonization, helping organizations digitalize and evolve, embedding decarbonization into their operations and processes that equip them for a low carbon world.
Expanding Net Zero Action
Businesses cannot just reduce the carbon footprint generated by their own immediate activities, organisations large and small must utilize innovative technologies to reduce emissions generated throughout their value chains.
Toward a Net Zero Future
Achieving net zero means fundamentally transforming economies and industries, something which can only be achieved by deploying new technologies on an unprecedented scale.
Decarbonization: The view from Atos’ global industries
What can each industry do to accelerate decarbonization? Atos’ industry heads give their views…
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Digital Vision: COP26
Accelerating to net zero and beyond
With contributions from Atos’ experts and senior figures in business and politics, this paper examines how organisations in every sector can embrace digital to accelerate progress to net zero targets and shape a sustainable future.
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Acknowledgements
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Clay Van Doren
Chief Executive Officer, Atos UK & Ireland and Northern Europe’
Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP
President of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference
Robert Vassoyan
Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences, Atos
Pierre Barnabé
Acting co-Chief Executive Officer, Head of Manufacturing, Atos
Andrew Griffith MP
UK Net Zero Business Champion
Beth Howen
Head of Public Sector & Defence, Atos
Giuseppe Di Franco
Executive Vice President Atos, CEO Atos Italy
Jean-Philippe Poirault
Head of Telecom, Media & Technology, Atos
Kulveer Ranger
SVP, Head of Strategy, Marketing, Comms & Public Affairs, Northern Europe & APAC
Susan Aitken
Leader, Glasgow City Council
Roberto Cingolani
Minister for Ecological Transition – Italy
Julian David
Chief Executive Officer, techUK
Nikki Kelly
SVP Public Sector & Defence, Atos Northern Europe
Shannon Soland
Global Head of Infrastructure & Operations, Commercial & Vendor Management, National Grid
Tom Thackray
Director of Infrastructure and Energy, CBI
William Theisen
Chief Executive, EcoAct North America
Murli-Mohan Srinivas
Digital Twin Business Lead/Head Industry 4.0, Atos Germany
Sue de Wit
Senior Vice President Atos|Syntel UK&I and Chief of Staff Atos UK&I
Stuart Lemmon
Chief Executive, EcoAct North Europe
Franck Freycenon
Head of E&U Solutions, Atos
Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, UK International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency
Mark Fox
Chief Executive, The Business Services Association
Pierryl Massal
Global Head of Business Development and Customer Engagement, Atos
Jill Waters
Retail Director, NS&I
Sophie Proust
Group Chief Technology Officer, Atos
Nourdine Bihmane
Chief Delivery Officer, Decarbonization and Marketing. Atos