Good COP, Bad COP?

In this special episode of the Meliora podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute (SRI) at the University of Southampton we are looking at some of the main outcomes from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP)28. Recorded on the afternoon the gavel came down on COP28, we are joined by Grace Compton SRI Specialist Policy Officer and Public Policy Southampton, Professor Craig Hutton Director of the SRI, Lily Killner BSc Environmental Science student and Podcast Editor, and Sophie Green, BSc Geography student and Podcast Editor to give their immediate impressions as the conference closed. Through this episode we are looking to provide a balanced analysis of COP28, discussing the positives and the negatives. We look at the path into COP28, Loss and Damage, Climate Finance, Gender Equality, the Global Stocktake, and the ‘Transition away from Fossil Fuels’.  Grace takes on the role of ‘Good COP’ to provide the optimistic analysis, whilst Craig opted to take the role of ‘Bad COP’ considering the more problematic outcomes.  To conclude, Sophie and Lily provide the voices of the younger generation and judge as to whether they believe COP28 offers them hope for the future.   This is the closing episode of Season 1 of the podcast.  We hope you have enjoyed the episodes and that you will join us for Season 2 when we return in January 2024.  Host: Prof Simon Kemp Guests: Grace Compton, Sophie Green, Prof Craig Hutton, Lily Killner Editor: Sophie Green Engage with us on instagram or X: @meliorapodcast