At COP26 in Glasgow Hub Culture Executive Editor Edie Lush spoke with Maria Lettini, Executive Director of FAIRR, an investor network focusing on ESG risks in the global food sector. Maria told Edie that the organisation brings together institutional investors - Blackrock, JP Morgan etc to provide them with expert research and tools to help them better assess their clients in terms of issues around food and animal agriculture, identifying risks and opportunities.

What is it like to be a politician already having to deal with the impact of climate change? At COP26 Glasgow: The Hon. Walter Roban, JP, MP, Deputy Premier of Bermuda tells Edie Lush, Executive Editor of Hub Culture about how his country is one of the most bio-diverse on the planet and what is being done to protect that status. He argues that Bermuda has the best-managed marines areas in the world, but he faces the same issues as every other island in ensuring that it is kept that way.

At COP26 Glasgow, Hub Culture Executive Editor, Edie Lush spoke with Tony Cho, CEO of the Future of Cities. Tony's new organisation aims to drive sustainable real estate development through real estate investments, public advocacy, and venture capital investments. As he tells Edie at COP26 at the current time he is focusing on prototyping, sharing demonstration projects and popularising ideas that he hopes will inspire leaders and policymakers across the globe

At COP26 in Glasgow, Hub Culture's Executive Editor, Edie Lush spoke with Steve Weinstein & David Hart of the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA). Diversifying the island's economy in a sustainable way is a top priority, but how does the BDA go about developing new initiatives, and what is it looking for in partners? The pair add that they think Cop26 has been amazing with an incredible number of promising meetings and conversations.

"Through art we can give hope and we can shift mindsets" At COP26 artist Roksana Ciurysek-Gedir persuades Hub Culture Executive Editor, Edie Lush to don a superhero cape as together they look at Roksana's installation for the event. "The world is a bit broken" explains Roksana, but she adds that if you piece it back together with gold, as she has done with her art, it can become something even more beautiful.

At COP26 Jess Hines and Melanie Dicks of Fingerprint Content tell Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush about their new project Defenders of Planet Earth. It's a content-driven concept that is designed to inspire people to take action on climate change. Jess and Melanie recently returned from India where they shot across the country capturing stories that they believe wouldn't necessarily be told.

Data is a key issue in climate, how do we measure if we are actually reducing emissions? At COP26 Michael Smith Partner at Regeneration VC talks with Stan Stalnaker, Founding Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Hub Culture and Edie Lush, Executive Editor of Hub Culture about data and climate.

At COP26 Glasgow Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush interviews Greg Smithies, Partner at the Fifth Wall. Greg explains what climatetech company Fifth Wall is and what it does. He explains that his big wake up call to climate change has been the way it has impacted his community in California in that there are water shortages and wildfires. He also says that the mid-ground of finance has now woken up to the importance of tackling climate change and that the dollars are starting to back companies who have developed green solutions.

During COP26, Magi Richani, the founder and CEO of Nobell Foods, stopped by #ICEHub to discuss her company with Hub Culture's Edie Lush. Magi's dairy allergy took her down a path to learn more about ways to enable plants to make dairy proteins. As a result, they can make more sustainable, more delicious foods. Find out more in her interview!

Hub Culture's Stan Stalnaker launches the ICEHub in Glasgow by ringing the Intent Gong! Partners McDonough Innovation and Beauty Kitchen join him on stage to talk about how their organisations are contributing to our collaborative intentions for #COP26.

Oriele Frank is the Chief Product & Sustainability Officer & Co-Founder of Elemis, and she took time during #COP26 to chat with Hub Culture's Edie Lush. She talks about how sustainability has influenced her brand, Elemis: breaking it down to biodiversity, climate, and the people.

One country in the world has reduced their emissions to the level of the Paris Commitments - The Gambia. Every other has not. Of the 97 megacities of the world that comprise the C40 over two thirds have reduced their emissions to meet the Paris Commitments. Now there are 1049 cities that are drastically reducing their emissions - Mayor Garcetti hopes to inspire countries to follow in the steps of cities.

Phoenix is a desert city. Phoenix has an office of heat response and mitigation. It has a Chief Heat Officer looking at ways to cool the city. Phoenix has the largest 'cool pavement' program in the US - it cools the area by 5-6 degrees C making the streets more more comfortable. Kate Gallego is finding ways to bring people together - across the political divide - to mitigate the impacts of climate change. She speaks to Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush during COP26 in Glasgow.

Athens suffered this summer from mega fires after prolonged, early heatwaves. CO2 emissions in 2021 are expected to be higher than those in 2019. It's time we listened to what nature is telling us. Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens says its time to speak truth to power.

At COP26 Glasgow Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush interviews Mark Watts, Executive Director at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. The group's membership includes 1000 mayors and as Mark reports unlike governments that are focused on long-term targets the mayors want to know what they can do to impact #climatechange today such as following London's lead on creating Ultra Low Emission Zones

At COP26 Glasgow Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush spoke to the Mayor of Stockholm, Anna König Jerlmyr. Anna explains what the biggest challenges are for the city in combating #climatechange and how they are aiming to achieve 100% electricity charging in every parking lot in the city.

ANALYTICS EDIT VIDEO "The sea level is going up and the coastal areas are very much affected." At COP26 Glasgow Atiqul Islam, Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) updates Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush on how Bangladesh is dealing with #climatechange and about how migration from the coast is putting huge pressure on the city.

At COP26 Glasgow Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush spoke to the mayors of several major cities asking them what they are doing to combat #climatechange In this interview Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona, details the approach her city is taking.

At COP26 Glasgow Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush spoke with Jesper Nygård CEO of Realdania which is a philanthropic organisation that focuses on solving challenges in Danish society. The pair discuss Denmark's impressive record of taking action on climate change. Jesper explains that an ambitious government, committed to a 70% reduction in carbon emissions that's supported by all sectors of society, is driving change.

"This is a critical moment for climate change!" At COP26 Glasgow Antha Williams of Bloomberg Philanthropies outlined to Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush the key deliverables that Mike Bloomberg is pushing to achieve at the event. She shares updates on energy transition and mobilising finance to fund #climatechange initiatives.