What are COPs for?
An inside view of the global UN Climate Conference
Sarah Green, Professor, Michigan Tech University
Friday, March 3 • 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT
Join Livestream via Zoom (passcode: 2023)
Everyone has an opinion (or several) on what happens at the annual United Nations Climate Conference — known as the COP, or Conference of the Parties. (The “parties” in question are countries that have signed the UN Climate Change treaty.) COPs are the world’s biggest stage for climate change action — or, all too often, inaction.
Our guest for the next UPEC Livestream, Michigan Tech Professor Sarah Green, has participated in three recent COPs. She’ll bring perspectives from that experience, and offer insights into the UN system. She’ll also tackle these questions: What are the criticisms of COPs and how can they be addressed? What can a COP accomplish and what are its limits? How do COP decisions get translated to actions? And how do national and local actions influence COPs?
Sarah Green, Professor of Chemistry at Michigan Technological University, is interested in all aspects of environmental chemistry from molecular analytical methods to global climate change, including the science policy interface. Dr. Green has been a member of the Chemistry Department at Michigan Tech since 1994 and served as Department Chair from 2004 to 2013. She was awarded a Jefferson Science Fellowship to serve in the Bureau of East Asia-Pacific Affairs in the U.S. Department of State (2013-14). Dr. Green served as co-vice chair for the Scientific Advisory Panel on the Sixth Global Environmental Outlook, United Nations Environment Program.
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The Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition’s Livestream Series keeps the public up-to-date with environmental issues facing the UP. The livestreams are co-hosted by Board President Horst Schmidt and Vice President Evan Zimmermann. This livestream and all archived past events are available at https://facebook.com/upenvironment/live. For more about UPEC, visit https://upenvironment.org.