World IP Day 2020: Innovation For A Green Future

Making modern day living environmentally sustainable is one of the biggest talking points of the 21^st century. Across the globe, world leaders and governments are increasingly recognising the importance of reducing greenhouse emissions and reducing the rate at which we consume natural resources. In 2016, the Paris Agreement was drafted in order to facilitate increased international co-operation to minimise global warming. The agreement involves all parties reporting regularly on their emissions and supporting developing countries to build clean, climate-resilient futures, and has so far been ratified by 189 countries. Similarly, the European Union has established the European Climate Change Program (ECCP) to help identify the most environmentally and cost-effective policies and measures that can be taken at European level to cut greenhouse gas emissions, such as the European Green Deal. Closer to home, the UK's levels of greenhouse emissions in 2018 were 44% less than