by Konstantina Pratta | Dec 8, 2023 | COP, COP CAS, COP28, Front page news, Uncategorized, Walker Academy
Written by PhD student Megan Sherlock from SCENARIO DTP Children, babies, and pregnant people are at risk of heat-related mortality and long-term health effects from heatwaves, COP28 experts warn. Since the first World Climate Conference was held in 1979,...
by Konstantina Pratta | Dec 8, 2023 | COP, COP CAS, COP28, Front page news, Uncategorized, Walker Academy
Interview by Harley Pope, reporting by Alex Moores Nepali academic Professor Biraj Singh Thapa has called for direct compensation of climate-induced damage in talks at COP28, claiming that existing mechanisms are not able to address the hazards Nepal faces. Due...
by Konstantina Pratta | Dec 7, 2023 | COP, COP CAS, COP28, Front page news, Uncategorized, Walker Academy
Written by PhD student Emmeline Smith from SCENARIO DTP The 28th COP conference has been full of debate and controversy but are those involved in proceedings starting to lose trust in the process? We are now halfway through COP28, yet many of the main...
by Konstantina Pratta | Dec 6, 2023 | COP, COP CAS, COP28, Front page news, Uncategorized, Walker Academy
Written by Lynn de Miranda, Alex Moores FoodBioSystems DTP students and Matthew Paskin SCENARIO DTP student By 2050, 70% of the population will be living in urban areas, but can cities cope while also meeting sustainability goals? What drives...
by Konstantina Pratta | Dec 6, 2023 | COP, COP CAS, COP28, Front page news, Uncategorized, Walker Academy
Interview by Philippa Oppenheimer; Reportage by Alex Moores, Lynn de Miranda, Matthew Paskin Chief Bill Erasmus, indigenous leader of the Dene Nation in northwestern Canada, is using the COP climate debates in Dubai this year to demand the recognition of...
by Konstantina Pratta | Dec 6, 2023 | COP, COP CAS, COP28, Front page news, Walker Academy
Written by Fiona Spuler; SCENARIO DTP student Reflections on the first few days of COP28, held this year in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai is home to the world’s largest gas-fired power station (as it is to the world’s tallest building,...
