East Kilbride MP will highlight town centre regeneration at COP26 conference – Daily Record

Posted: October 15, 2021 at 9:03 pm

East Kilbride Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP, Dr Lisa Cameron, will be attending the COP26 conference this month on behalf of constituents.

She will be present for two days of the summit, which runs from October 31 to November 12, featuring youth empowerment and cities, regions and the built environment.

The event will see world-leaders descend on Glasgow and is a global United Nations summit about climate change and how countries are planning to tackle it.

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Ms Cameron will be collaborating with the Diana Award as chair of the Parliamentary Mentoring Group and taking a delegation of young people to COP26 to hear their views for youth empowerment and to ensure that there is representation across the generations.

She is particularly keen to highlight issues for town centre regeneration regarding cities, regions and the built environment and especially the plight of new towns like East Kilbride that require substantive investment and prioritization to redevelop sustainably for the future.

The MP said: "I am delighted to be attending COP26, as the representative for East Kilbride Strathaven and Lesmahagow.

"I am excited that there will be a delegation of young people will be there to put forth their views on youth empowerment.

"On a personal level I will be using the platform to highlight issues surrounding town centre regeneration in areas within the constituency which needs substantive investment and prioritization to redevelop sustainably in future."

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