Researchers from the Walker Institute are participating in a number of ways in the 26th annual conference of the parties (COP), which gets underway in Glasgow in later this month. Our involvement is summarised in the table below. Some activities are still to be finalised.
We are also running a COP Climate Action Studio ‘COPCAS’ to engage postgraduate students in COP26. Scroll to the bottom of the table for more on this.
| Date | Event / Title | Lead Organisation and (Partners) | Event Speakers | |
| 27th Oct 13:00- 14:00 |
COP26 Climate Resilience Heritage Summit | Historic Environment Scotland
(Historic England,
|
Hannah Fluck, Head of Environmental Strategy, HE Ros Cornforth, Director, Walker Institute others tbc |
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| 28th Oct 14:00 – 15:00 |
Pre COP26: UN Data Strategy Knowledge Sharing event. | UNHCR
(Walker Institute) |
Andrew Harper, UN Special Adviser on Climate Action Ros Cornforth, Director, Walker Institute Kira Vinke, Head of Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, DGAP |
|
| 1-5 Nov time tbc | Mathematics of the Climate Crisis: Extremes and Tipping Points | IAMS
(CMPE) |
Valerio Lucarini (Organizer) Ros Cornforth, Director, Walker Institute |
|
| 8th Nov 11:30-13:00 |
How can technology help improve climate adaptation and resilience? | Microsoft & Walker Institute
(Defra) |
Andrew Harper, UN Special Adviser on Climate Action Prof Alberto Arribas, Sustainability Science Lead for. Europe Prof Ros Cornforth, Director, Walker Institute Dr Nicolina Lamhauge, Environment Directorate, OECD / Simon Buckle, Head of Environment, Transitions and Resilience Division at OECD Dr Chi Hugyen Trong, Lead, Himalayan University Consortium, ICIMOD /Dr Pema Gyamtsho, Director General ICIMOD Nabil Mohamed, Minister of Higher Education and Research, Djibouti / Minister of Environment, Djibouti |
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| 8th Nov 17:00 – 18:00 |
COP26 edition of What Has The Environment Ever Done For Us? | Stantec
|
Intros – Nick Kilby – 5 mins Guest Interview with Professor Rosalind Cornforth, Director The Walker Institute, The University of Reading – Keith Mitchell – 25 mins Questions and discussions on the interview – ALL 10 mins Headlines – TBC – 8 mins ‘Hypocrites’ – TBC – 5 mins ‘Heroes’ – TBC – 5 mins Wrap up – Nick Kilby – 2 mins |
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| 9th Nov 10:00-11:00 |
TBC | Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
(CMCC and EIEE) |
Prof Liz Robinson, Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment London School of Economics and Political Science Prof Ros Cornforth, Director, Walker Institute Dr Shouro Dasgupta, Researcher at Fondazione CMCC and EIEE, and a Lecturer at Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia |
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| 9th Nov 13:00 – 14:30 |
TBC – New Pan-African Centre for Adaptation, Energy and Resilience | African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
(Walker Institute) |
Mme Estherine Fotabong, Director of Programme Implementation and Coordination, AUDA-NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency Prof Ros Cornforth, Director, Walker Institute TBC TBC TBC |
|
| 9th Nov 5:30-6:30pm |
Adaptation Beyond the EU: Perspectives for Stronger Cooperation with Africa | Agence Francaise de Developpement
(CASCADES |
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| 10th Nov 1130 – 1245 |
1.5C: Where are we now? Where are we headed? What are the risks? | Met Office
(Walker Institute |
Prof Richard Betts, UK Met Office Prof Ros Cornforth, Director, Walker Institute |
COPCAS, run by the Walker Institute gives post graduate students the opportunity to remotely experience the latest ideas in policy and practice and to develop skills around interdisciplinary working and communications. The initiative will enhance participants’ understanding of and ability to work with the users of research.
The COPCAS team will be based at the Walker Institute at the University of Reading. They will track, analyse and communicate their perspectives on progress at COP, in particular through two of the team who will be on site and will relay their experiences from Glasgow.