COP31
For nearly three decades the United Nations has been bringing together almost every country on earth for global climate summits – called COPs – which stands for ‘Conference of the Parties’. In that time climate change has gone from being a fringe issue to a global priority. At the Cabot Institute for the Environment, we contribute interdisciplinary climate change research that helps inform coordinated climate action and resolve key issues related to the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.
We are part of the UK Universities Climate Network, collaborating with over 80 other UK-based universities and research centres across the UK on climate change issues and galvanising research and policy briefings in the run-up to each COP.
The Network works together to raise ambition for tangible outcomes from each COP.
The Network's mission is to ensure that the UK academic sector plays our role in getting all players on track to deliver a low-carbon, resilient world. We aim to do so by easing access to evidence and academic expertise for the COPs, for government, NGOs, and other actors, and by taking action ourselves.
Bristol academics attending COP31
We have several academics representing the University of Bristol at COP31.
Blue zone delegates
Dr Paul Merchant, culture and the environment, Centre for Environmental Humanities. Director of Cabot Institute for the Environment.
Dr Temitope Onifade, environmental law and sustainability, Bristol University Law School.
Dr Charlotte Ray, equitable energy systems, School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering.
Professor Melissa Gregg, environmental impact of large scale computing infrastructure, Bristol Business School.
Virtual delegates
Zia Saylor, poverty, inequality, gender, socioeconomic status, race, social systems, energy, electricity, resource access, resource allocation, infrastructure. School for Policy Studies.
Chiara Bottausci, accounting and morality. University of Bristol Business School.
Evangelos Mouchos, greenhouse gas removal and storage. School of Geographical Sciences.
Natasha Martirosian, greenhouse gas removal and storage. School of Geographical Sciences.
Dr Alix Dietzel, climate justice, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies.
Natasha Mohamad, Bristol Composites
Dr Nikolaos Stylos, Associate Professor in Marketing and Digital Innovation
Alice Venn, climate law and policy, Bristol Law School
COP leads at the University of Bristol
Cabot Institute Manager, Sophie Ross-Smith at s.ross-smith@bristol.ac.uk.
Cabot Institute Director, Paul Merchant at paul.merchant@bristol.ac.uk.
Did you know...
...we contribute to climate policymaking at a global and local level. Find out more about our contributions to the international Panel on Climate Change reports and how we work with local government to effect positive change to the city of Bristol.