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About the Lecture The talk will cover the main issues that were the focus of the negotiations at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held at Baku in November 2024. It will provide a more in-depth account that goes beyond the media headlines, presenting the issues in the larger framework of the divide between the developed and developing countries in the pursuit of the science and policy for dealing with the challenge of global warming.. It will also discuss the challenges ahead and the clouds over multilateral efforts to deal with climate change.
Introduction
Prof T Jayaraman
Senior Fellow in Climate Change, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
COP29@Baku - The Realities beyond the Hype
Q & A
Prof. T Jayaraman was with the School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, between 2008 and 2020 before being associated with MSSRF. He has been part of official committees delegations connected with the climate negotiations and climate science. He has also been a member of the Kerala State Planning Board, Government of Kerala. Dr Jayaraman’s interests lie in questions of climate justice and equity, both between and within countries. His work seeks to integrate socio-economic aspects based on social sciences along with natural science and technological aspects of climate change to focus justice and equity issues at the national and global scale.