by Konstantina Pratta | Nov 24, 2025 | COP, COP CAS, COP30, Walker Academy
As COP30 concluded in Belém, Brazil on Saturday, 22 November, we also closed an extraordinary chapter here in Reading with the COP Climate Action Studio in The Pearl Conference Room. For these past two weeks, this space transformed into a vibrant hub of...
by Konstantina Pratta | Nov 21, 2025 | COP, COP CAS, COP30, Front page news, Walker Academy
Written by Jaylen Vicol, a Doctoral Researcher, SCENARIO DTP, COPCAS participant, University of Reading. Brazil’s left-left leaning president Lula said that COP30 would be dubbed the “COP of Truth”. Coming from a place of frustration with a political...
by Konstantina Pratta | Nov 20, 2025 | COP, COP CAS, COP30, Front page news, Walker Academy
Written by Eme Dean-Lewis, a Doctoral Researcher in the University of Reading. Brazil’s declared focus for COP30[1] in Belém this month is agreement on the implementation of decisions previously made by the 198 ‘parties’ to the UNFCCC[2] (197 countries...
by Konstantina Pratta | Oct 9, 2025 | COP, COP CAS, COP30, Walker Academy
Recently, I joined a webinar hosted by the RINGO constituency—Research and Independent Non-Governmental Organizations—and I left feeling both inspired and grateful. The session was an open space for researchers curious about participating in COP30, whether...
by Konstantina Pratta | Jun 6, 2025 | Front page news
The CHAIRR (Climate Health in Africa Integrated Risk Research) project is a collaboration with Sightsavers, to create climate risk assessments for 10 districts of Malawi. It provides a comprehensive picture of climate effects that will have a bearing on the...