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COP26 (Conference of the Parties) is now well underway in Glasgow, with world leaders and associated parties coming together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The conference runs from Sunday 31 October – Friday 12 November and UEA will have no fewer than ten researchers there, holding expert sessions, presenting talks and, in the case of Prof Corinne Le Quéré, forming part of the team launching the 2021 Global Carbon Budget later this week.
A further 15 researchers will be continuing to work on climate research themes remotely, and UEA’s social media will be given up to the conference and producing climate related posts and content over the next two weeks, including an Instagram Live with Aayushi Awasthy, host of the ‘Climate Change: Why Haven’t We Solved It Yet’ podcast.
And there'll be a UEA student in attendance too, and you can read more about Amit Singh and his Students for Global Health working group in this week's Spotlight On feature.
So who are the ten UEA experts at COP26 over the next two weeks…?
Dr Dorothee Bakker, Reader, School of Environmental Sciences
Dorothee is attending Week 1 of COP as part of the Integrated Carbon Observation System European Infrastructure Consortium (ICOS ERIC). Dr Bakker chairs the SOCAT global group - SOCAT is a Global Ocean Observing System, with more than 100 contributors.
Dr Rachel Carmenta, Lecturer in Climate Change and International Development, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and School of International Development
Rachel is organising the session ‘UN Peat Pavilion: Scaling-up justice and social equity in the design of fire-free peat land governance’ and presenting talks ‘From empirical research to policy opportunity: peat fire management with social equity at the centre’ and ‘Global Landscapes Forum: Measuring what matters: capturing human well-being impacts of integrated landscape approaches’.
Dr Neil Dawson, Research Fellow, School of International Development
Neil is attending COP with the INDIS project on Indigenous visions of sustainable development & climate resilience. His most recent study looked the at the impact of indigenous and local communities in successful nature conservation.
Prof Emma Gilberthorpe, Professor of Anthropology, School of International Development
Attending COP with the INDIS project on Indigenous visions of sustainable development & climate resilience. Her expertise is in the social and cultural aspects of development and the social, economic, political and environmental impacts of mining.
Dr Matthew W Jones, Research Fellow, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and School of Environmental Sciences
Matthew is attending COP for the launch of the 2021 Global Carbon Budget, the annual update on carbon emissions. His research focuses on the global and regional trends in wildfire and deforestation fire activity seen in satellite observations and models and the implications of these trends for carbon storage on land.
Prof Corinne Le Quéré, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, School of Environmental Sciences
Corinne is attending COP in Week 1 with France's High Council on Climate, which she chairs, and with the ‘Friends of COP26’, a group of international experts advising the UK government. Prof Le Quéré is also part of the team launching the 2021 Global Carbon Budget.
Asher Minns, Executive Director, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Asher is public engagement lead for the COP26 Universities Network and coordinating the Network’s Green Zone Exhibition Stand. His expertise is in public engagement and science communication. Read more about Asher’s story and how he ended up at COP26 on MyUEA.
Prof Rupert Read, Associate Professor, School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
Prof Read is attending COP for the two weeks with FacingFutureTV (science YouTube channel) and will be at FacingFutureTV press conferences on topics such as ‘Youth activists’, ‘Interfaith dialogue on climate’, ‘Transformative and deep adaptations’, and ‘Has COP26 succeeded’.
Dr Iokiñe Rodríguez, Associate Professor in Environment and Development, School of International Development
Iokiñe is attending COP between 7-10 November with the INDIS project on indigenous visions of sustainable development & climate resilience (see Prof Heike Schroeder below). Her research is in local environmental knowledge and conflict transformation in Latin America using participatory action-research.
Prof Heike Schroeder, Professor of Environmental Governance, School of International Development
Heike is attending COP for week 2, from 7 November, as principal investigator for the INDIS project on indigenous visions of sustainable development & climate resilience.
The team will be showing how Indigenous knowledge might contribute towards national and international targets for climate mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable development. The value of Indigenous knowledge is often ignored by policy-makers, and Indigenous Peoples themselves have few opportunities to articulate and share their knowledge in a way that can impact policy making circles and strengthen sustainable futures.
The project’s Indigenous partners from three countries (Uganda, Papua New Guinea, and Bolivia) will be presenting their own visions for just and environmentally sensitive futures.
Want to follow UEA at COP26? The University's social media accounts are the best place to do exactly that, whether you're on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
And for the University's climate news, experts and the UEA climate story through the ages right up to the present day, check out the ClimateUEA page on our website.
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