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COP – The global forum for climate change

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) is the preeminent global forum for climate change which shapes the global climate change narrative as well as economic and geopolitical affairs.

The ultimate goal of COP is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference.

COP29: Accelerating a just energy transition for a sustainable future

Enough time has been lost arguing “jobs versus climate” – the transition to renewable energy is now rightly understood as an economic opportunity, rather than a detrimental trade-off.

Sustainability

COP29: The untapped power of India’s self-help groups

Composed primarily of rural women, they’ve been a driving force behind social and economic empowerment, but could they transform from intuitive problem-solvers into organised, scalable forces for climate resilience?

Sustainability

Putting women front and centre in climate change reparations

Women from climate-vulnerable countries face devastating impacts and are disproportionately affected by disasters, which is why they must be included in the UN’s Loss and Damage Fund.

COP – The global forum for climate change

Ready for climate action – but how?

Undergraduate science students are anxious about climate change, but are concerned their education isn’t giving them the tools to take meaningful action.

Science

Aedes aegypti mosquito pernilongo with white spots on a green leaf

Deadly buzz: Global warming, population growth drive mosquito-borne disease surge

Climate change and the growing population in tropical and subtropical regions are accelerating the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, posing urgent public health challenges worldwide.

Medicine and health