What is COP, and can it solve the climate crisis?

In this episode of the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute (SRI) at the University of Southampton we are discussing everyone's favourite annual global summit, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)  Conference of the Parties (COP), specifically COP28.Our host Professor Simon Kemp is joined by Professor Craig Hutton, Director of the SRI and Grace Compton, Specialist Policy Officer for the SRI and Public Policy Southampton to explore COP28 which is starting the day this episode is published (30th November 2023) and running until Tuesday 12th December 2023.We explain what the Conference of the Parties is about, what it is like to attend a COP, what it means from a policy perspective, and whether it is problematic for it be hosted in the United Arab Emirates and the position of the President.  Finally, we briefly discuss our hopes for COP28.  We will be evaluating the outcomes and whether the broad hopes of the sustainability community have been met in our next special episode after COP28 has closed.COP28 UNFCCC site where you can watch the event and access resources: https://www.cop28.com/en/ United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: https://unfccc.int/Climate Action Tracker: https://climateactiontracker.org/Podcast host: Simon KempPodcast guests: Grace Compton and Craig HuttonPodcast episode editor: Sophie GreenEngage with us on instagram and X: @meliorapodcast