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International conference 'From Baku to Belém: The Climate Finance Roadmap to COP30', held on 4 March at the SHARD London
This conference, organised under the auspices of the Warwick Climate Governance and Policy Nexus (NEXUS), the Warwick Sustainability Spotlight and the Climate Finance for Equitable Transition (CLiFT), critically reviewed the outcomes of COP29, assessed the current state of climate finance negotiations and policy discussions leading into COP30, and discussed just and equitable climate action. The event was also supported by the Centre for Law, Regulation and Governance of the Global Economy (GLOBE) and the Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD).
The conference was opened by Prof. Kerry Kirwan, DPVC Research at Warwick, and a keynote delivered by Lord Teverson, and included speeches from the Executive Secretary for the COP29 Scientific Council, Senior Legal Advisor Third World Network, Climate & Development Strategies Unit of UNCTAD, Head of Global climate Finance FCDO, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Climate & Sustainable Development from Egypt, Head of the Bolivian Delegation and more. The conference had over 120 attendees, including from academic and policy circles, businesses and practitioners.