Climate Change Conference COP29

Accompanying the Climate Change Conference in Baku, COP29, the symposium provides a critical monitoring of this year’s COP and a platform for reflection on the multifaceted challenges that humanity is facing in tackling the climate crisis. It will look at the key issues currently under discussion by the Parties, with a particular focus on climate finance, mitigation strategies, and innovative technical solutions for addressing emissions.

The co-editors of the symposium, Justine Batura and Khaled El Mahmoud, are introducing the Symposium by providing a brief overview of the Climate Change Convention’s institutional framework, the functions the COP is expected to fulfil, and its precise status under international law. The Symposium concludes with a series of interviews, to be published the week following COP29, with a range of experts from diverse fields who will provide a critical analysis of the COP’s outcome.