Day 1 @ COP 28 From the perspective of Tristan Durocher ’25

Day one was a whirlwind event, beginning with an almost hour long metro ride from our hotel to the COP 28 venue at Expo City 2020 . The metro ride was notably smooth, and although crowded at our stop, most people disembarked at the Sobha Realty, presumably for work, despite it being 10 am. Once …

Are United Nations Climate Summits Growing Too Big?

Sarah Hautzinger (Professor of Anthropology) Each year, the signatory countries to the 2015 Paris Agreement and previous conventions gather in what is called a “COP,” for Conference of the Parties. COP28 in Dubai (Nov 30-Dec 12) is hosting a jaw-dropping number of attendees, reaching over 100,000 registered delegates (with some 3,000 registered virtually). By comparison, …

Graphic Recording to Capture COP27

By Olivia Jacobson I have been including doodles in my notes for a long time now. Though often cast as evidence of distraction, I only doodle when I’m most engaged. Adding visual representation into note-taking practices helps to process and interpret information. Below I’ve included excerpts from the journal I kept throughout our block abroad …

A look into net-zero pledges, and what some indigenous leaders have to say

By Owen Brown In response to the growing demands of climate change, many organizations have pledged to curb their emissions to net-zero. This sentiment is essential to slowing the effects of climate change, but there are many downsides, such as carbon offsets, generational impact, and a lack of accountability for what it actually means to …

Bus Connections: An Ode to Relationships Formed on the Periphery of COP27 in Egypt

By Cecilia Timberg  By the time I got on an Egypt-bound plane, I had sat through half a dozen risk mitigation meetings. The messaging was clear: don’t trust strangers, don’t get estranged from the group, it will all feel so strange. It was with this fear-forward attitude that I approached my first days in Sharm …

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