For the fifth year, Huskies attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference to observe the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change, also known as COP 29. COP 29 stands for the 29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a landmark international treaty agreed in 1992, and parent treaty to the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Michigan Tech was granted observer status in 2019 after a year-long admittance process, and has sent students and faculty to every COP held since. Around 40,000 registered participants attend the conference each year. Entry to the U.N.-regulated Blue Zone offers Michigan Technological University students the opportunity of a lifetime to observe negotiations and connect with global policymakers.
The conference took place November 11 to 22. Chemistry professor emerita Sarah Green and social sciences interim chair Mark Rouleau accompanied PhD candidate Jessica Czarnecki and Lexi Tater ’25, who is studying for a master’s degree in sustainable communities, to Baku, Azerbaijan for the event.
COP29 brought together world leaders and negotiators from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from around the globe. Business leaders, young people, climate scientists, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society shared insights and best practices to strengthen global, collective, and inclusive climate action.
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