by Konstantina Pratta | Nov 18, 2024 | COP CAS, COP29, Walker Academy
Written by Ismail Beyaz; PhD student with SCENARIO DTP. This blog is adapted from an interview conducted by the COPCAS studio with Robert Van Der Noort, CBE, Vice Chancellor of the University of Reading, on November 15th, 2024 (More information...
by Konstantina Pratta | Nov 15, 2024 | COP CAS, COP29, Walker Academy
Written by Ismail Beyaz, PhD student with SCENARIO DTP. It has been almost a week since COP29 began, with no shortage of headlines, from the Argentinian withdrawal leaving the G77 to find a new leader for negotiations, to the remarks made by Azerbaijani...
by Konstantina Pratta | Nov 15, 2024 | COP CAS, COP29, Walker Academy
Written by Fatima Pillosu; PhD student in the Geography Department The Update for COP29 of WMO’s State of the Climate 2024 has once again issued a red alert for the global community: globally, “January-September 2024 was 1.54 ± 0.13 °C above...
by Konstantina Pratta | Nov 14, 2024 | COP CAS, COP29, Walker Academy
Written by Naomi Paine, PhD student with Food Bio Systems DTP. 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...
by Konstantina Pratta | Nov 14, 2024 | COP CAS, COP29, Walker Academy
Written by George Ryan; PhD student with SCENARIO DTP. There is no doubt that COP29 is vital to ensuring that we mitigate the most severe impacts of climate change over the next century with current trends limiting our chances of restricting warming to...
by Konstantina Pratta | Nov 14, 2024 | COP CAS, COP29, Walker Academy
Written by Eme Dean-Lewis; PhD student with SCENARIO DTP. In their annual Adaptation Gap report for 2024, published a few days before COP29, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) calls for greater focus on adaptation project funding and outcomes for...