By: April Kwan The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28), located in the United Arab Emirates this year, was hosted in Expo City Dubai. The space was divided into two distinct zones that provide access to different events, the Blue and Green Zone. Getting access to the Blue Zone required a United Nations …
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Watch Live: CC Students Participate on Panel “Empowering youth engagement in climate action, solutions, and policy addressing global challenges.”
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 …
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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