Unpacking the climate and nature COPs: what happened and what next?

2024 has culminated in two major opportunities for the global community to come together to accelerate action for the climate and nature crises: the COP16 nature conference (the sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity) and the COP29 climate conference (29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).

Climate and nature finance has topped the agenda at both summits, with many pushing for progress to secure the scale and flow of finance needed to support resilience and adaptation, address interconnected impacts of biodiversity loss and climate change and deliver positive outcomes for nature, climate and people. COP29 also serves as an essential milestone for building momentum on the road to COP30 – the midpoint between the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 and the 2030 climate targets deadline.

Other key issues coming out of both COPs include strengthening support and recognition of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, and scaling up action to create more secure, climate resilient food systems.

This in person and online event will bring together perspectives from leading thinkers in climate and nature to explore the outcomes from COP16 and COP29 in the context of geopolitical and economic shifts. Speakers will consider what these global changes mean for COP processes and the issues they're meant to address. How do we adapt our approaches to a different global context? And what might we expect to see in 2025 in response to these changes?

Following the panel discussion, we will have a networking reception.

Speakers

TBC

About attending

This event will take place in person and online. Please see details for how you can participate below.

In person participation

Join us in person at Etc. venues, 50-52 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1HL, United Kingdom. Registration opens at 4.30pm (GMT/UK) and the panel discussion will kick off at 5pm (GMT/UK). The event will be followed by a drinks and networking reception, 6-7.30pm (GMT/UK).

Online participation

This event will be streamed via the Zoom video conferencing platform. For those who have not attended a Zoom event before, please read this guide to participation as an attendee. Every registrant will receive an email with a Zoom link ahead of the event.

The event will be recorded to be distributed publicly afterwards. By registering for this event, you agree to give your consent for this.

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Image: Workers drain a flooded thoroughfare after a night of severe thunderstorms in Kisumu, Kenya, 2016. Extreme weather events are set to become more frequent in coming years due to climate change. Photo by World Bank via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0