Stantec and COP
Engaging with global efforts to respond to climate change.
What is COP & how is Stantec involved?
Over 30 years ago, the world’s first global environmental treaty acknowledged earth’s climate was changing and that an international response was needed.
That treaty—the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—now has almost universal membership. COP (the annual Conference of the Parties) is when those member countries get together to decide what we do about it. COP29 will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11 – 22, 2024.
At COP21 in 2015, the landmark Paris Agreement was reached. This required all parties submit climate change plans, called nationally determined contributions (NDCs), in an increasingly ambitious five-year cycle from 2020.
Stantec has been working alongside COP efforts and the Paris Agreement for many years. At a national level, we’ve supported countries in the creation of their NDC climate plans.
Internationally, our work identifies NDC-related green investment opportunities, develops bankable investment proposals, and helps our clients access global climate finance streams. In one worldwide project for the European Commission, we’re working to see that environmental and climate issues are adequately mainstreamed into development cooperation and that environment, climate change, and biodiversity (ECCB) efforts are tracked and reported on.
As a business, our work includes international climate risk and vulnerability projects, ecosystem restoration, designing for net zero and supporting the energy transition. Stantec supports all 17 SDGs, but to be most successful in advancing progress, we focus on the seven where we have the most direct influence and significant impact through our project work. Explore our projects and services below.
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Meet Our Team
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Marco Lassini
Europe Climate Solutions Lead
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Nicole Flanagan
Vice President, Climate Solutions Leader
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Natalie Muir
Regional Director, Environment & Geosciences - Climate Solutions Leader
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Lucy Wood
UK Climate Solutions Leader
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Rachel Bannon-Godfrey
Vice President, SDG Impact Leader
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Carrie Sabin
Senior Vice President, Corporate Sustainability
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Neslihan Sönmez
Business Development Director
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Luke Long
China Country Manager
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Murat Sarioglu
Regional Director for Water, Middle East and Regional Managing Director, Türkiye
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Rosario Urrutia
Country Manager, Chile
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Ghina Annan
Decarbonization Business Lead
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Michael Mondshine
Vice President, Sustainability, Energy & Climate Change
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Brendan Player
Associate, Nature-based Carbon Solutions Team Lead
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Lesley Cabott
Senior Planner