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MSc Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence
The new MSc in Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is underway, with Walker Institute staff delivering modules to the first cohort.
Taste the Feeling: a climate change conference sponsored by Coca Cola – COP CAS student blog
A post-COP27 blog from Nerea Ferrando Jorge's experience on attending COP27.
‘Loss and Damage’ Fund and Inclusive Adaptation: Missing in Climate Action – COP CAS student blog
A post-COP27 blog from Shahrina Rahman on Loss and Damage Fund.
Was COP27 another ice sheet that just melted? – COP CAS student blog
A post-COP27 blog from Dannielle Roche on her experience attending the Climate Conference.
Should Africa stall its growth as we push for net zero by 2050? – COP CAS student blog
By Oluwafemi Olasunkanmi Royal Aliu
History made it clear that the developed worlds of today started and sustained their growth with coal and are the largest contributors of global fossil fuel emission to the atmosphere. When you walk ...
From Blue Planet to Dirty Planet: It’s about time we clean up! – COP CAS student blog
By Chris Pesso
The climate crisis is closely linked to the water crisis. With temperatures fluctuating throughout the world, we have experienced extreme droughts in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Ethiopia to severe floods in Pakistan. The ...
Has COP27 paved the way for a sustainable future, or secured our descent into climate disaster? – COP CAS student blog
By Kerry Stewart
The final negotiations in COP27 are taking place at this moment. In a series of small huddles in a seminar room in Sharm El-Sheikh, delegates debate the final sticking points of the COP27 agreement. But what has been agreed ...
The need for a push from ‘Power, Profit and Patriarchy’ to ‘People, Planet and Prosperity’ – COP CAS student blog
By Shahrina Rahman and Chris Pesso
“Too few women are participating in COP27 climate negotiations, charities, activists and politicians have warned”. (Esme Stallard, BBC News Climate and Science).
The UN Framework Convention on Climate ...
COP27 closed, case still open – COP CAS student blog
By Philippa Oppenheimer
As COP27 draws to a close, it’s time to review the progress made and how we move forward from the conference. Parties have concluded negotiations on several technical documents such as the Paris Agreement Committee's ...
Climate success stories: It’s not all doom and gloom – COP CAS student blog
By Daisy O'Neill, Rana Ozturk, and Laura Reeves
The feeling of climate anxiety is a growing phenomenon. With an increasing concern for the average global temperature reaching 1.5 ˚C above pre-industrial levels, many people worry that we are ...