Two CC students, Zoraiz Zafar ’25 and Lucy Kramer ’26, will join others from Moravian University, Michigan Tech, Uinversity of Connecticut, and Monash University (Australia), in a high-profile discussion about how educational institutions can engage and empower youth contributions to work on climate action. Join this discussion live at 5:45 am, Mountain Time (with strong …
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Surreal Moments, Real Impact: My Journey at COP28
Over the course of this ongoing block, I have had the incredible opportunity to attend COP28, the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Dubai, as part of our class, ‘AN380 Engaging COP28 in Dubai as Ethnographers.’ While I had been relatively aware of the grandiose nature of this global event, nothing could have prepared …
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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 …
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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, …
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After Years of Resistance from Developed Countries, “Loss and Damage” Funding is on the Agenda for COP27. Four Days Remain to Realize This Potential.
By Cecilia Timberg “We are at the table gathering resources to help countries that need it with mitigation and adaptation,” said Ali Zaidi, White House Climate Advisor, responding to a question about whether the United States is going to support financing for loss and damage at COP27, the annual UN climate conference. Dozens of hands …
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 …
Swiss newspaper interviews CC student at COP27
The Swiss newspaper, Le Temps, features Mika Alexander ’23 in an interview about youth involvement at COP27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZVnqV91v4
CC students speak in press conferences at COP27
Mika Alexander ’23, Mary Andrews ’23, Cecilia Timberg ’24, and Gracie Roe ’25 speak at a press conference about storytelling based on the Talanoa Dialogue. Olivia Jacobson ’22 and Mary Andrews ’23 speak in a press conference about the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education. Owen Brown ’24, Reeve Schroeder ’24, and Gracie Roe ’25 …
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Creating Community at NYT Climate Forward
By Mika Alexander In all honesty, I was nervous walking into COP27. Despite knowing I would be engaging in an international space, I arrived hyper-aware of my position as a woman of color surrounded by high-level negotiators, many of whom are elder men. For context, I am pretty used to my existence remaining unacknowledged in …
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Our Voice @ COP27: Sustainable Development Goals
Cecilia Timberg, 24′, Gracie Roe, 25′ and Reeve Schroeder, 24′ present on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities During SDG 11’s group presentation, Mika Alexander, 23′, was asked to do an interview with a Swiss newspaper on the importance of youth voices in civil society. All 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals Within the space …
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