#COPerspectives

It’s been eight years since the Paris Agreement was drafted with the ambition to limit the global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. In 2023, the world is not on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), which begins on 30 November in the United Arab Emirates’ city of Dubai, is a critical occasion to correct the current course and accelerate climate coordination and action. In an increasingly fractured world, greater cooperation, coordination and diplomacy on climate and energy policy will be imperative to champion key components of the Paris Agreement.

As delegates from around the world arrive in Dubai and the anticipated global climate conference gets underway this week, Friends of Europe activities will gather and share perspectives from expert voices, including Fabiola I. Schneider, Assistant Professor in Finance at Dublin City University (DCU), Sherpa to the European Commission Platform on Sustainable Finance and Research Co-Lead at GreenWatch; Bella Lack, environmental activist and author of “The Children of the Anthropocene: Stories from the Young People at the Heart of the Climate Crisis”; Lordina Mahama, President of the Lordina Foundation and former first lady of Ghana; Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President of the Club of Rome; Luke O’Callaghan-White, Programme Manager for Climate, Energy & Sustainability at Friends of Europe; and the Africa-Europe Foundation.

Stay tuned for updates and join the #COPerspectives discussion.

• #CriticalThinking | Leadership in the Anthropocene: shaping a new narrative, by Bella Lack
• Joint statement | Policy ideas for COP28 from the Africa-Europe Foundation and Friends of Europe
• #CriticalThinking | Plea for the advancement of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards, by Fabiola I. Schneider
• Policy Voices | Beyond the bare minimum: fossil-fuel phase-down a must at COP28, with Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Luke O’Callaghan-White
• #CriticalThinking | Africa faces climate catastrophe if the world fails to deliver trillions and clear debts, by Lordina Mahama

You may also like…

• Transatlantic Climate Dialogue series
• The EU needs a water resilience strategy, by Luke O’Callaghan-White
• A successful energy transition needs circular strategies, by Sandra Rousseau
• #EUClimatePact video campaign
• Sustainable consumption and production are two sides of the same coin, by Zakia Khattabi
• Creating a climate of change: youth and our green digital future, by Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke
• Age is just a number: intergenerational and lifelong learning can influence positive climate action, by Cristina Pozzi

Image credit: Ed Hawkins/University of Reading