Tomorrow: Deep Climate Conversations: Assessing COP 28
Jennifer Hadden
DEEP CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS
Topic: "Assessing COP 28”
Thursday, December 14
8:45am - 10:00 am PST / 11:45 am - 1:00 pm EST
The Environmental Politics and Governance network (epgnetwork.org) has launched a new initiative, Deep Climate Conversations. This will be an online structured roundtable (i.e., questions circulated in advance to speakers) on a specific issue. The objective is to explore climate issues at a deeper, theoretical level.
This will be a 75-minute event: 60 minutes for discussion of planned questions, leaving about 15 minutes for comments from the audience.
Please register in advance here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Moderators
Jennifer Hadden, University of Maryland, College Park
Aseem Prakash, University of Washington Seattle
Panelists
Joanna Lewis, Georgetown University
Anand Patwardhan, University of Maryland, College Park
Lisa Vanhala, University College London
David Victor, UC San Diego
The roundtable will focus on the following questions:
How do you assess the success of COP 28 and associated bilateral commitments? Broadly, how might one assess the success of any COP? Do they primarily have a performative function of focusing global attention on climate issues, or should we take their substantive pledges seriously?
- How do you evaluate the global stocktake process? Did the process succeed in providing a focal point for negotiators? Did it have a "ratcheting up" effect on contributions? Or are global conflicts, inflation, and energy security issues derailing the climate agenda?
- Given the almost impossibility of achieving the 1.5 C target, what sort of balance should future COPs strike between mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage? How do you assess the seriousness of developed countries towards the $100 billion annual climate aid target? Are there other promising financial mechanisms?