Counting down to the COP26 climate change summit
Welcome to the first in our monthly 'Countdown to COP' series, where we will be exploring climate change research, events and expertise across our University ahead of the next COP climate change summit in November. We're kicking-off this series with an introduction to what COP is and a look at some exciting climate-focused events our experts have taken part in recently. What is COP? COP stands for the UN Climate Change 'Conference of the Parties' and this year will be the 26th annual meeting - hence the title 'COP26'. These meetings bring together representatives from across the world to help speed up action to meet the climate change goals set out in the Paris Agreement (negotiated at COP21 in 2015) and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This year the UK is hosting the summit, to be held in Glasgow, 1-12 November. Global online Expo In May we took part in an international online Climate Expo, highlighting the latest thinking and research which can contribute to decisions being made at COP26. Dr Petra Minnerop from our Law School was on the organising committee for the Expo and was part of a session looking at the legal issues that need to be resolved to finalise the Paris Agreement Rulebook.
