{"id":9391,"date":"2022-11-30T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T11:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/?p=9391"},"modified":"2022-11-30T16:11:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:11:48","slug":"what-happened-at-cop27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened At COP27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThe agreements and actions that come out of COP are vitally important efforts to reduce the impact of human actions on the planet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Rosalind Cornforth\u2019s words ahead of the 27th<\/sup> Conference of the Parties (COP27)<\/a> \u2013 which ran 6-18 November in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt \u2013 capture the importance of the Walker Institute\u2019s<\/a> longstanding engagement with the biggest climate change conference on Earth. Professor Cornforth, Director of the Walker Institute, continued:<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThese agreements must be informed by strong evidence, so we are proud to be at the forefront of providing the latest science on climate change and resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The University of Reading is an official Observer of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP process, having participated for almost a decade. This status was obtained and maintained by the Walker Institute and underpins our direct research in support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in which we are heavily involved.<\/p>\n

\"ProfessorCONNECTED speaks to Professor Cornforth to find out more about their activities at COP27, and to share details of Walker\u2019s upcoming \u2018What Really Happened at COP27?\u2019 event on 1 December<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

COP Climate Action Studio<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For each COP, the Walker Institute runs a Climate Action Studio \u2013 COPCAS \u2013 where doctoral students can immerse themselves in the unfolding climate policy process and link up with participating students and staff who are attending COP in person.<\/p>\n

Professor Cornforth said: \u201cOur successful COPCAS returned this year, hosted live throughout two weeks of COP with 23 PGR students.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThis year, COPCAS ran daily from 8am-5pm with groups of students, supported by the Walker team, engaging remotely with COP, watching live sessions, monitoring the negotiations, conducting interviews, gathering and critiquing reported information, and discussing the issues they encountered.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“The students were encouraged to relate COP27 to their research topics and translate and communicate developments to different audiences. They engaged with social media, posted blogs, and produced videos.<\/p>\n

\"University“I<\/span>n addition, two students won a competition to join the University of Reading\u2019s delegation to participate in COP in person and conduct interviews with a wide range of COP27 participants. The COPCAS students also had the opportunity to liaise with these two students whilst they were at COP.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

View the COPCAS student blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Water security<\/strong><\/h4>\n

University representatives also participated in activities in the Blue Zone \u2013 the official space for negotiations and side events \u2013 informing UK Government representatives involved in the negotiations by providing impartial scientific and technical advice.<\/p>\n

Professor Cornforth shared: \u201cThis Blue Zone event was called \u2018IPCC AR6 Water Security Conclusions and Launch of the Expanded Water Tracker for National Climate Plans\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n

“It provided an overview of climate risks to water security, including drought, floods, and human vulnerability, and how the Walker Institute is working with partners to address these issues using a new water tracking tool.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cLord Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) made the opening remarks, together with Dr Hani Sewilam, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt. I was one of the keynote speakers along with Professor Richard Betts from Exeter University and the UK Met Office, with Ms Kelsey Harpham, from the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), introducing the expanded global water tracker for National Climate Planning.\u201d<\/p>\n

View the recording of this Blue Zone event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From reaction to action<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"UniversityThe Institute’s second side event, with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), at which Professor Cornforth was one of three panellists, was called \u2018Moving from Reaction to Action: Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots in the Sahel\u2019.<\/p>\n

This is where the UNHCR launched an important report<\/a> to which the Institute contributed as part of the Predictive Analytics for the Sahel project. Professor Cornforth said:<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThis project aims to push for anticipatory, rather than reactive, action to vulnerability hot spots that lead to large displacements of people across the Sahel in North Africa.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe Walker Institute is one of eight \u2018My Climate Risk\u2019 Regional Hubs, appointed by the World Meteorological Organisations under the World Climate Research Programme. These hubs are designed to develop a \u2018bottom-up\u2019 approach to regional climate risk, and our research is designed in collaboration with individuals, communities, other organisations and governments to ensure that it meets real needs, fills critical gaps in knowledge, data and information and is applicable in practice.<\/p>\n

\n

“Using research to make a difference, and adopting a systems-based approach to understanding the multiple hazards people face, is a cornerstone of our work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read more about the Sahel project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018What really happened at COP27?\u2019 event<\/strong><\/h4>\n

If you\u2019re local to Reading, then please join us on 1 December<\/strong> for our annual panel discussion, organised by the Walker Institute, looking back on what made international headlines and what might have been missed during the conference.<\/p>\n

Professor Cornforth explains more about the upcoming event: \u201cA group of COP27 delegates, spanning our own University of Reading party as well as external participants, offer their own grounded perspectives of the successes [and failures] of COP27, in conversation with the Chair of the Walker Institute\u2019s Board, Peter Gibbs \u2013 ex-BBC weather forecaster and Host of BBC Radio 4, Gardener\u2019s Question Time. This event provides an opportunity for the wider University community to review and assess the global climate conference and our next steps together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find out more about this year\u2019s panellists and book your tickets here<\/a>. This event will be taking place in The Meadow Suite, Whiteknights campus, 2.30-4.30pm on 1 December 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe agreements and actions that come out of COP are vitally important efforts to reduce the impact of human actions on the planet.\u201d Professor Rosalind Cornforth\u2019s words ahead of the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) \u2013 which ran 6-18 November in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt \u2013 capture the importance of the Walker Institute\u2019s longstanding engagement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":8555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[128,19,130,23,25,137,44],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Happened At COP27 - Connected<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CONNECTED speaks with Professor Rosalind Cornforth to find out more about the role the Walker Institute played at COP27.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Happened At COP27 - Connected\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CONNECTED speaks with Professor Rosalind Cornforth to find out more about the role the Walker Institute played at COP27.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Connected\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-30T11:43:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-30T16:11:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/10\/shutterstock_image-18.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"juliasmalley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"juliasmalley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/\",\"name\":\"What Happened At COP27 - Connected\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-30T11:43:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-30T16:11:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#\/schema\/person\/c5ee593fd48cf9c8d82a6471170664fb\"},\"description\":\"CONNECTED speaks with Professor Rosalind Cornforth to find out more about the role the Walker Institute played at COP27.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What Happened At COP27\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/\",\"name\":\"Connected\",\"description\":\"Alumni magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#\/schema\/person\/c5ee593fd48cf9c8d82a6471170664fb\",\"name\":\"juliasmalley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/738c52c5a19d4553b07ee6a8cc541ab7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/738c52c5a19d4553b07ee6a8cc541ab7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"juliasmalley\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/author\/juliasmalley\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What Happened At COP27 - Connected","description":"CONNECTED speaks with Professor Rosalind Cornforth to find out more about the role the Walker Institute played at COP27.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Happened At COP27 - Connected","og_description":"CONNECTED speaks with Professor Rosalind Cornforth to find out more about the role the Walker Institute played at COP27.","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/","og_site_name":"Connected","article_published_time":"2022-11-30T11:43:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-30T16:11:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":550,"url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/10\/shutterstock_image-18.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"juliasmalley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"juliasmalley","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/","name":"What Happened At COP27 - Connected","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-30T11:43:56+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-30T16:11:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#\/schema\/person\/c5ee593fd48cf9c8d82a6471170664fb"},"description":"CONNECTED speaks with Professor Rosalind Cornforth to find out more about the role the Walker Institute played at COP27.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2022\/11\/30\/what-happened-at-cop27\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What Happened At COP27"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/","name":"Connected","description":"Alumni magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#\/schema\/person\/c5ee593fd48cf9c8d82a6471170664fb","name":"juliasmalley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/738c52c5a19d4553b07ee6a8cc541ab7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/738c52c5a19d4553b07ee6a8cc541ab7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"juliasmalley"},"url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/author\/juliasmalley\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9448,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9391\/revisions\/9448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}