Oxford University Academics Participate In UN Climate Change Conference COP29

The UN Climate Change Conference for 2024 (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, has set the platform for the 200 countries to discuss plans for addressing climate change. The summit will be held from November 11 to November 22, 2024.

Study in UK: University of Oxford researchers' delegation is going to attend the UN Climate Change Conference COP29 in person. The delegation includes representatives from the Blavatnik School of Government, School of Geography and the Environment, Department of Biology, Faculty of Law, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and Saïd Business School. They will cover a broad range of critical areas including carbon trading, climate finance, environmental law and climate justice.

Thomas Hale, Professor of Global Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government will be leading Oxford’s COP29 delegation.

"I hope COP29 will send countries a clear signal that they need to upgrade their pledges under the Paris Agreement, due next year, and match top-level targets with concrete rules and regulations that drive implementation. A trust-building deal on the new finance goal can give countries confidence to reach their maximum ambition," he said.

George Carew-Jones, a researcher in climate-compatible growth at the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and Environment said, "COP29 is a big opportunity to target a couple of barriers which have been holding back the UNFCCC process for a long time: finance and accountability. I’m confident we’ll see clarification on how politically realistic different routes to finance are, but I am not so confident that this will result in the quick mobilisation of bulk financing. Growing accountability will be key to pushing for more finance as we go forward, and I think we’ll see some novel ideas from the most ambitious states (e.g. the small islands groups) on how that should look."

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Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy at the Oxford Smith School and the School of Geography and the Environment commented, "This is a bridging summit ahead of the much bigger COP30 in Brazil next year. But it is important that we make progress on issues such as a new climate finance goal, the rules on global carbon trading, and the next round of national commitments to keep global warming well below 2°C.  I hope our research can give parties the confidence to sign up to meaningful new commitments and maintain the integrity of the Paris process."

"I am delighted to be representing Young Lives at COP29, showcasing our ground-breaking evidence on the life-course and intergenerational impacts of climate change and environmental shocks on children’s nutritional health, physical growth, skills development, and learning. I will be advocating for better social protection for disadvantaged households in disaster-prone regions, particularly for vulnerable girls and women, and reaching out to new partners to support our innovative new Research Hub on Climate Shocks and Environmental Shocks launched last month," said Kath Ford, Deputy Director for Young Lives, a project based in Oxford’s Department of International Development.

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