Climate Change Institute

Charity Zimmerman Graduate Student School of Policy and International Affairs and School of Economics, NSF One Health and the Environment Research Trainee Dec. 12, 2023 Food is a hot topic at the COP this year, and not just because many of the lunch venues have 20-minute wait times outside, under the blazing Dubai sun. A […]

By Natalie Nowatzke, J.D. Candidate 2024, University of Maine School of Law December 9, 2023 Today was Ocean Action Day at COP28, recognizing the importance of the ocean in addressing the climate crisis. Rising greenhouse gas emissions are directly linked to severe consequences for the ocean, including sea level rise, marine heatwaves, loss of biodiversity, […]

Anthony Moffa, Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law Dec. 9, 2023 During the rest day, the University of Maine delegation regrouped and welcomed a new batch of delegates from Maine Law.  Three third-year law students – Geeta Talpade, Natalie Nowatzke and Bryant Wolff – will join me in representing our university at […]

By Nicholas R. Micinski, Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Political Science Dec. 5, 2023 The Loss and Damage Fund was officially operationalized on the first day of COP28 in Dubai. This was long awaited, and hard fought for, but is lacking in scale and specificity.  The Loss and Damage (L&D) negotiations emerged from calls […]

By Cindy Isenhour  Dec. 2, 2023 Parties agreed in Paris to “take stock” of their collective progress on the goals of the Paris agreement every five years. The process, called the global stocktake or the GST,  is intended to increase ambition over time by ensuring that parties reflect on collective success and, perhaps more importantly, […]

Ashley Brown Dec. 2, 2023 The irony of flying across the globe to only watch the opening statements on a laptop is not lost on me. Instead of what I’d hoped for, most of my day was spent lying down in the dark, hoping to relieve some pressure from my head (to little avail).  An […]

Charity Zimmerman Graduate Student School of Policy and International Affairs and School of Economics, NSF One Health and the Environment Research Trainee As I start to write this, I’m sitting on a bus on my way to Boston Logan airport, where I will board my flight to Dubai to attend COP28. As a first-time observer, […]

By Cindy Isenhour  Welcome to the University of Maine COP28 Blog!  Please follow along for first-hand and real-time insights into the climate negotiations taking place in Dubai, November 30th – December 12th, 2023.   Over the next two weeks, members of our delegation will be following key negotiation streams including discussions linked to fossil fuel “phase […]