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UCL and COP29
What is COP29?
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) is the annual climate change summit hosted by the UN. COP29 is the 29th meeting of this kind.
COP29 is an important milestone for climate finance, as this is the year the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance is due to be agreed, this will be the successor to the last funding pledge made in 2009. Alongside this, there will be key negotiations on a variety of critical climate challenges.
Find out more about COP29 in Baku.
How is UCL contributing?
Research provides vital understanding of the challenges and opportunities of addressing the climate crisis. Organisations like UCL can provide scientific evidence that can help shape policy recommendations and ensure a positive future for the planet.
Each year colleagues from UCL participate in COP, both physically at the conference and in the past two years virtually, now that the UNFCCC offer a virtual attendance route.
Meet our COP29 team
Meet our climate experts attending COP29, and our supporting team.
Jonathan Barnes
Roberto Cardinale
Simon Chin-Yee
Goksu Danaci
Michael Grubb
Mark Maslin
Jacquie McGlade
Priti Parikh
Marina Romanello
Jolene Skordis
Nicola Walshe
Marta Koch
Camille Oliveira
Pedro Schilling de Carvalho
Lorraine Wong
Ai Zhen Carol Yuen
Generation One: The Climate Podcast
The Climate Podcast is now back for season 5, with a special episode getting under the skin of COP29. Make sure you subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.
UCL Grand Challenge of Climate Crisis
The UCL Grand Challenge of Climate Crisis supports inter-disciplinary responses to the issues raised by climate change, from biodiversity loss to climate-driven migration, ecology, water and air quality, sustainability, and, particularly relevant to this years' COP; financing responses to the climate crisis.
The Grand Challenge of Climate Crisis is a key part of the UCL 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, which sets out how UCL will harness its academic strengths to develop solutions to global problems.
With two academic leads (Pro-Vice-Provosts Professor Mark Maslin and Professor Lisa Vanhala) and a supporting team from UCL Grand Challenges, this theme has already launched two funding calls this year and is bringing the UCL community together through knowledge exchange activity and networks.
COP29 Travel Carbon Calculator
UCL presents the COP29 travel carbon calculator - calculate the carbon footprint for travel to COP and offset it in line with best-practices.
Access the COP29 Travel Carbon Calculator.
