Challenging Climate

40. Jennifer Allan on global climate governance and the COP28 agenda

November 14, 2023 Jesse Reynolds and Pete Irvine Episode 40
Challenging Climate
40. Jennifer Allan on global climate governance and the COP28 agenda
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Jennifer Allan is a Strategic Adviser and Team Leader with Earth Negotiations Bulletin, and Lecturer at Cardiff University. Jen has attended roughly 40 UN conferences where states negotiate the rules of global climate governance. Her work explores how global rules are made and remade, and currently focuses on the politics of ecosystem services and green recovery. In this episode, we discuss with Jen key agenda themes in the forthcoming COP28, the social inequality of climate change and whether COPs deliver useful outcomes - or is it just fanfare?

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Intro and background
What is a Conference of the Parties (COP)?
Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Deep dive into COP28 Agenda, Topic 1: The Global Stocktake
Topic 2: Phasing out fossil fuels
Topic 3: Global goal on climate adaptation
Topic 4: Climate finance
Topic 5: Loss and damage (social inequality, China)
Where do carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM) stand in the COP agenda?
COPs are getting bigger and bigger - but is it creating value?
Can we expect a dramatic shift in climate politics?
Theatre for politicians - Have COPs outgrown their usefulness?
What gives you optimism?