Course: Learning for a Sustainable Future: Live at COP27

Last year in response to COP, the ‘Climate Sisters’ – a group of 13 women in Glasgow from diverse communities – took part in a series of climate leadership workshops. …

This course aims to offer, share and generate knowledge from within our learning community but it is also about provoking and inspiring action! We are keen for everyone to feel …

The work ahead is immense… no country and no economy is immune from the climate crisis. Science and citizens are demanding ambitious and transformative climate action, but many governments are …

The last step invited you to individually reflect on what your own global ‘call to action’ would be. Now, we would like to consider how some international frameworks are actually …

This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube. In this video Dr Beth Christie, Senior Lecturer in Moray House School of Education at the University of Edinburgh, shares her reflections …

Negotiations continued on 19 November, with negotiators continuing to work into the night debating the details. The closing plenary started at 04.00 Egypt time. A decision establishing a loss and …

Moving to Action at COP27 A new Draft Agreement was published early this morning. You can read a detailed analysis of the emerging text in this overview from Carbon Brief. …

The Role of Tertiary Education in finding solutions Colleges and Universities have a key role to play in helping to solve global issues: including the climate crisis. In this video, …

Moving to Action at COP27 Today, November 17th, is ‘Solutions Day’ at COP27 and a draft document has been published that will form the basis of the final negotiations taking …

COP26 was the first where Ministers of Education and Environment met to set out commitments to include educational strategies in their national plans for reaching climate targets. Youth demands for …

Beth Christie is a Senior Lecturer in Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh and one of the University of Edinburgh Observer delegates at COP27, …

This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube. During COP27, convened by the international networks Future Earth, The Earth League, World Climate Research Programme(WCRP), scientists from around the world released …

COP is a process and not an event. Much work happens before a COP ‘begins’. One of the initial steps is the setting of the agenda. In the days preceding …

Reactions to the COP27 Final Agreement Speaking immediately after the announcement, Professor Dave Reay, Policy Director at ClimateXChange, Executive Director at Edinburgh Climate Change Institute and Professor of Carbon Management …

In this update we look back at the origins of the UN climate negotiations and look forward to what we can expect over the next few weeks at COP27. Thirty …