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An Interview with University of Reading’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Robert Van De Noort, CBE: Leading by Example
An interview with Robert Van Der Noort, CBE, Vice Chancellor of the University of Reading
China’s Role in COP29 and Fighting Global Warming
While China is its own negotiating block as part of the G77 it seems that Chinese involvement in the negotiations is somewhat muted, giving relatively small technical feedback to clarify wording, restructuring of agreements in slight ways, and addressing vagueness in agreements
Global carbon markets agreement at COP29: a win for green investment, or simply more greenwashing?
Within its first few days, this COP has seen a major step forward in the development of a globally standardised carbon market, something that has long been awaited. The announcement has been met with a mixture of both enthusiasm and cynicism.
Climate Action Needs All Hands
The importance of broader community involvement in climate action, or "bottom-up" action, was repeatedly stressed throughout the third day of COP29.
Politics and COP29: Constructive or Destructive?
2024 is the year of elections (OCHR, 2024), and this is arguably influencing domestic, and in some instances international, policy on collective action against global warming.
Should Azerbaijan Be Criticised?
There has been a lot of criticism on Azerbaijan during COP29. Yet, Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, spent time on day 2 of negotiations publicly defending Azerbaijan’s policies.
A day at COPCAS: Livestreams and Visitors and Briefings, Oh My!
A glimpse on Eme Dean-Lewis' experience spending a day in the COP Climate Action Studio
Demystifying COP language
Disentangling the web of acronyms and the many iterations of the methodologies used in the Paris Agreement relating to carbon market can be challenging. However, it is important that COP stays accessible for as many people as possible as the issues being discussed and the negotiations have repercussions for everyone.
Great Start for our COP Climate Action Studio 2024
We look forward to welcoming our students to the Climate Action Studio for the start of COP. Make sure you stay in touch and look out for blogs and other outputs from COPCAS that can help you make sense of COP29 developments.
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