CSU’s Historical Presence at the UN Climate Change Conference
CSU at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29)
Baku, Azerbaijan
The CSU delegation to COP 29 included:
- Aleta Weller (head of delegation)
- Hussam Mahmoud
- Stacey Baumgarn
CSU at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)
United Arab Emirates
The CSU delegation to COP 28 included:
- Hussam Mahmoud
- Colleen Duncan
- Sonali Diddi
- Sheryl Magzamen
- Aleta Weller
- Amy Volckens
- Gillian Bowser
- Dennis Ojima
- Bill Ritter, Jr.
- Graduate students:
- Jacob VanderRoest
- Ben Lyons
CSU at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27)
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
The CSU delegation to COP 27 included:
- Peter Backlund (head of delegation)
- Courtney Schultz
- Hussam Mahmoud
- Colleen Duncan
- Aleta Rudeen Weller
- Gillian Bowser
- Julia Klein
- Graduate students:
- Coleen Kennedy, Alyssa Connaughton, Daniel Domingues, Natalie Wiley, Daniel Briggs, Cristal Domingues-Vasquez, Susan Elizabeth Allison, Madeline Carlson, Ashlee Patacsil-Hardin, Jorge Rico Reyes, Leisha Tally, Nicole Bailey
CSU at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)
Glasgow, Scotland
The CSU delegation to COP 26 included:
- John Killingsworth
- Gillian Bowser
- Julia Klein
- Dale Lockwood
- Timothy Bauer
- Nathan Lorenz
- Four graduate students in Gillian Bowser’s class, ECOL 592, The Policy and Practice of International Climate Negotiations:
- Sarah Whipple
- Kaydee Barker
- Jacob Genuise
- Matthew Twyman
CSU at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25)
Madrid, Spain
The CSU delegation to COP 25 included:
- Betsy Wier, One Health Institute (head of delegation)
- Six graduate students in Gillian Bowser’s class, ECOL 592, The Policy and Practice of International Climate Negotiations:
- Stefanie Berganini
- Brian Bunte
- Wei-Yin Hsu
- Keegan Parker
- Sarah Whipple
- Julia Young
- This group also organized with a team of institutions to submit a side event and CSU was an official exhibitor with a booth at this year’s COP. Some CSU students are attending through other institutional delegations as part of this group.
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CSU at the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24)
Katowice, Poland
The CSU delegation to COP 24 included:
- Kenneth Shockley, Department of Philosophy (head of delegation)
- Doreen Martinez, Department of Ethnic Studies
- Gillian Bowser, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
- Six graduate students in Gillian Bowser’s class, ECOL 592, The Policy and Practice of International Climate Negotiations:
- Nycole Echeverria
- Marissa Bell
- Shelby McClelland
- Hazelle Tomlin
- Daqi Wang
- Sarah Whipple
- This group also organized a side event that was accepted on youth researching and advocating for climate change in partnership with Emory University, Clark University, and the Caribbean Youth Network and will also be an official exhibitor with a booth at this year’s COP.
CSU at the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23)
Bonn, Germany
The CSU delegation to COP 23 included:
- Peter Backlund, School of Global Environmental Sustainability
- Julia Klein, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
- Gillian Bowser, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
CSU at the 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22)
Bab Ighli, Marrakech, Morocco
The CSU delegation to COP 22 included:
- Peter Backlund, School of Global Environmental Sustainability (head of delegation)
- Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Warner College of Natural Resources
- Kenneth Shockley, Department of Philosophy
- Gillian Bowser, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
- Mary H. Polk
CSU at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21)
Paris, France
The CSU delegation to COP 21 included:
- Anthony Marchese, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Warner College of Natural Resources
- Peter Backlund, School of Global Environmental Sustainability
- Gillian Bowser, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Warner College of Natural Resources
- Dale Lockwood, School of Global Environmental Sustainability and Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences
- Julia Klein, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Warner College of Natural Resources
CSU at the 2014 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP20)
Lima, Peru
The CSU delegation to COP 20 included:
- Gillian Bowser
- Javier Naupari
- Enrique Flores
- Julia Klein
CSU at the 2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP19)
Warsaw, Poland
The CSU delegation to COP 19 included:
- Gillian Bowser
CSU at the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP18)
Doha, Qatar
The CSU delegation to COP 18 included:
- Gillian Bowser
- Noshir Sarosh
- Elizabeth Bound Davis
- Ulrike Gretzel
- Sneha Narayan
- Arno Scharl
- Katherine DeWitt Wilkins
CSU at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17)
Durban, South Africa
The CSU delegation to COP 17 included:
- Gillian Bowser
- Alice Donnelly Madden