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Promises Made, Challenges Persist: COP29’s Legacy for Climate Adaptation
With COP29 drawing to a close in Baku, Azerbaijan, the global spotlight turns to climate adaptation—a critical yet often neglected response to the climate crisis.

How Shopping Malls Are Saving Lives: COP29 discussions on how urban planning can help people survive extreme heat events
Written by Emma Shrestha, PhD student with SCENARIO DTP, University of Reading.

Success in the Shadows: Recognition of Ocean-Based Solutions for Climate Action
Written by Lucia Snyderman, PhD student with SCENARIO DTP

John Prescott and the Seven Sisters
Written by Eme Dean-Lewis, PhD student with SCENARIO DTP, University of Reading.

Is there space for religion at COP?
Written by Emma Shrestha and Andrea Rivosecchi, PhD students with SCENARIO DTP.

Africa Says: “When you hear numbers we are asking for, there is context for these numbers!”
Written by Mahilet Berihun, PhD student with SCENARIO DTP, University of Surrey.
When Jiwoh Emmanuel Abdulai, Minister of Environment and Climate Change for Sierra Leone, opened the COP29 session on Delivering for Africa, he set ...

Food Systems Still Missing in Action: Reflections from COP29
Written by Alexandra Gimblett, PhD student with SCENARIO DTP, University of Surrey.

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

When We Negotiate about Containing Climate Change, We are Negotiating About our Future Health
Written by Fatima Pillosu, PhD student in the Department of Geography, University of Reading, UK.

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
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