COP26, hosted by the United Kingdom, in Glasgow, Scotland wrapped up just over four months ago in November 2021. I had the immense privilege and honor of attending COP26 with the University of Michigan's Student Delegation made up of 13 graduate students this year. These last 4 months, as my day-to-day life fell back into …
World’s Largest Auto Markets Absent from COP26 Zero-Emission Agreement, But There is Still Hope
Thirty-eight countries and eleven automakers signed the Declaration on Accelerating the Transition to 100% Zero Emission Cars and Vans at COP26 in Glasgow, the first global pledge to accelerate the replacement of highly-polluting internal combustion engine vehicles with electric vehicles. The main goal of this agreement is to work towards all sales of new cars and vans being …
Creating a More Sustainable (Business) Environment?
The call to “end the climate crisis” has inspired many governments, businesses, and people to change their habits and restructure societies towards a more sustainable future. However, COP 26 highlighted that the call alone is not enough to save our planet. Industries, governments, and communities have found that behavior changes are difficult to achieve when …
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The US is back but is it better than ever?
Week 2 University of Michigan Student Delegates COP26 Glasgow Scotland Being able to attend an international United Nations conference has been a dream of mine for many years. Attending a conference like that as an observer feels energetic and inspiring. There are many like minded individuals all around you inspired to work on the very …
Tuvalu and SIDS – Recurring Themes at COP26
One of the plenary floors at COP26 at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. As pressure mounts each year at COP for developed nations to contribute more ambitious NDCs, global climate financing, and further decarbonization efforts, the world has seen a wide spectrum of rhetoric and resulting action (or perhaps, inaction). As parties still debate …
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Why were fashion insiders at COP26?
It was quite a whirlwind experience to be able to attend the 26th Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, Scotland. In truth, I am still processing it. I learned so much while there and I was able to observe so many things. It is an experience that I wish every student interested in international environmental …
COP26: Choosing Hope
Unity, inspiration, invigoration, and hope. These are what I envisioned myself feeling as I left COP26. But rather than feel this way or feel that there had been substantial change, I felt as though COP26 was a leading example of society's faults. Bear in mind that my experience was just a sliver of what COP26 …
Net Zero 2050-A struggling ambitious plan
COP26 at Event Complex, Glasgow, Scotland “Climate Change is not the problem; it is the expression of the problem” was the statement that I heard during the COP26, and it stuck in my mind since then. How obviously true it may sound yet we do not realize this, or at least not deal with this …
The “Invisible” Impacts of Climate Change: Mental & Psychosocial Health
When people think about the health impacts of climate change, they tend to focus on the physical impacts: the spread of vector-borne diseases, rises in heat-related and respiratory illnesses, more severe cases of malnutrition, and the increased risk of injury or death from extreme weather events, among others. What people don’t tend to think about …
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The Irony of a Climate Change Conference: COP26
I recently had the opportunity to travel to COP26 as a member of the University of Michigan’s Delegation. What an experience! Attending events and plenaries where the discussions of climate action were taking place was exciting and yet frustrating. Frustrating because the negotiations were not progressing fast enough and were not aggressive enough to combat …
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