Climate Outreach at COP
We believe the annual UN climate negotiations, better known as COP, are a vital platform to discuss and agree urgent, multilateral solutions to climate change and its impacts.
We’ve been attending COP to advocate for Action for Climate Empowerment, the work governments must do to ’empower all members of society to engage in climate action’ through climate change education and public awareness, training, public participation, public access to information, and international cooperation.
We welcome the UK government’s climate leadership at COP29 in November 2024, and the Prime Minister’s announcement committing the country to reducing its carbon emissions by 81% (from 1990 levels) by 2035. We believe that how the government brings people along on this journey is now the key to a successful and fair transition.
Latest insights
Visualising climate-linked migration
Images matter. Photographs help audiences to visualise a story, building mental pictures and cues that contribute to how they interpret and ‘see’ an issue.
We have been looking at the current state of climate-linked migration photography, seeking recurring themes and to identify a prevailing visual language. Our Climate Visuals Manager, Alastair Johnstone shares his findings so far in this blog.
The work supports our migration programme, and has been funded by Unbound Philanthropy.
Communicating beyond 1.5C
At Climate Outreach, we know that scientists are among the most trusted and respected spokespeople on climate. They play a vital role in helping us get our heads around an issue as big as climate change.
As the latest reports tell us about the increasing likelihood of passing our globally agreed 1.5C target, climate scientists face a new urgent and complex communications challenge.
Tara Bryer, a Programme Manager at Climate Outreach, spoke to six climate scientists in the UK to check in with how they felt about the 1.5C target and what being a climate spokesperson meant to them.
Tara shares what she learnt in this new piece, and shares some tips on what scientists can do to communicate beyond 1.5C.
We need a jigsaw approach to climate-driven displacement
Each year the climate negotiations attempt to deal with the human cost of climate change – in particular climate-driven displacement. While recent talks have acknowledged the issue, concrete action remains elusive.
So what are the limits of climate negotiations in this space? What could COP29 achieve? And who are the other players in the game?
Our colleague Alex Randall, who manages Climate and Migration Coalition, explores these questions in this new piece.
What is COP29?
The BBC has released a helpful article ahead of COP29, explaining all you need to know about the conference. You can also keep updating on COP via their live feed.
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