Open Conversations – Reflection on COP and looking to the future

Dates

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - 13:00

Location

Online - please register

Join us for the first in an exciting new series of ‘Open Conversations’ events from the Open University. Designed to promote and enable open conversation between panel members and the audience, these events will prompt dynamic discussion and a solutions-focussed approach whilst asking the questions that are often avoided on a range of sustainability issues. Register here to join the event.

In this Open Conversation event we will:

- look back on COP26 and COP27

- consider the lower-profile sister COP on Biodiversity

- look to the future COP28 to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates

We will also ask:

- what if it is still possible to keep 1.5°C alive? Our panel discusses what this means.

- what if we all committed to take action now to contribute to reduced carbon emissions and protecting nature? Our panel describe what this might look like.

- what if organisations all committed to transformative action now?

The event will be a 90-minute interactive panel discussion held online (MS Teams). The panel will feature both OU academics, including Professor of Climate Change, Stephen Peake, external experts, and will be hosted by Dr. Victoria Hands (Sustainability Director, The Open University).