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Politics and COP29: Constructive or Destructive?
2024 is the year of elections (OCHR, 2024), and this is arguably influencing domestic, and in some instances international, policy on collective action against global warming.

Should Azerbaijan Be Criticised?
There has been a lot of criticism on Azerbaijan during COP29. Yet, Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, spent time on day 2 of negotiations publicly defending Azerbaijan’s policies.

A day at COPCAS: Livestreams and Visitors and Briefings, Oh My!
A glimpse on Eme Dean-Lewis' experience spending a day in the COP Climate Action Studio

“Metal Rush”: How should mining be approached?
Written by Orestis Aslanidis, PhD student with SCENARIO DTP, University of Reading, UK.
Across the world, public protests against new mining projects have been common (1). A big concern of the protestors ...

Demystifying COP language
Disentangling the web of acronyms and the many iterations of the methodologies used in the Paris Agreement relating to carbon market can be challenging. However, it is important that COP stays accessible for as many people as possible as the issues being discussed and the negotiations have repercussions for everyone.

Great Start for our COP Climate Action Studio 2024
We look forward to welcoming our students to the Climate Action Studio for the start of COP. Make sure you stay in touch and look out for blogs and other outputs from COPCAS that can help you make sense of COP29 developments.

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