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

Challenging Climate

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?

Links:

• Jennifer Allan’s profile
• COP28 Thematic Program
• IEA World Energy Outlook 2023 - Oil demand to peak by 2030

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Chapters

1. 40. Jennifer Allan on global climate governance and the COP28 agenda (00:00:00)

2. Intro and background (00:00:22)

3. What is a Conference of the Parties (COP)? (00:01:19)

4. Earth Negotiations Bulletin (00:06:16)

5. Deep dive into COP28 Agenda, Topic 1: The Global Stocktake (00:08:23)

6. Topic 2: Phasing out fossil fuels (00:11:57)

7. Topic 3: Global goal on climate adaptation (00:19:08)

8. Topic 4: Climate finance (00:24:41)

9. Topic 5: Loss and damage (social inequality, China) (00:28:41)

10. Where do carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM) stand in the COP agenda? (00:36:54)

11. COPs are getting bigger and bigger - but is it creating value? (00:38:48)

12. Can we expect a dramatic shift in climate politics? (00:44:19)

13. Theatre for politicians - Have COPs outgrown their usefulness? (00:46:14)

14. What gives you optimism? (00:49:08)