COP27 to COP28: What went well, what went badly and what comes next?

In March the Priestley Centre, will host a webinar to offer researchers at the University of Leeds an opportunity to reflect on COP27 and discuss how we might contribute to ensuring resolutions turn into action ahead of COP28 that is due to take place in the United Arab Emirates in November 2023.

The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), took place in November 2022. Thousands of delegates gathered in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh to discuss action on climate change. The delegates have now returned to their home countries and organisations, bringing with them the final outcomes of the negotiations. Now it is time to implement the resolutions made at COP27 and turn ambitions into actions. With COP28 in the United Arab Emirates on the horizon, we are looking to the future.

During this webinar, we will discuss how to build upon the outcomes of COP27, as a research community and beyond. We will then look towards COP28 and examine what needs to happen to ensure continued and ambitious progress on addressing climate change.

Sign up here: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nMjFtw82R2Wu2mBBd7mDjg

Confirmed speakers include:

• Dr Harriet Thew, Lecturer in Climate Change
• Kate Fearnyough, UNFCCC Science Negotiator for the Cabinet Office
• Professor Richard Beardsworth, Professor of International Politics
• Dr Sumedha Basu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Professor Iain Clacher, Professor of Pensions and Finance
• Professor John Barrett, Professor of Energy and Climate Policy