by Konstantina Pratta | Feb 3, 2025 | COP, COP CAS, COP29, Walker Academy
Written by Thea Stevens, PhD student with SCENARIO DTP, University of Reading I was lucky enough to be accepted as one of the PhD students the Walker Institute took to COP29 Baku, Azerbaijan. I almost didn’t apply to attend. After all, getting to Azerbaijan and...
by Konstantina Pratta | Jan 13, 2025 | COP, COP CAS, COP29, Front page news, Walker Academy
Written by Juan Garcia Valencia, PhD student with SCENARIO DTP, University of Reading. Attending the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku was an eye-opening experience that allowed me to be at the frontline of collective action in addressing...
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...
