Leeds at COP28

In November 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP28. 

Since 1995, world governments have met every year to negotiate a response to global climate change. These 197 nations and territories, signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, are represented at the Conference of the Parties (COP), responsible for reviewing the implementation of the Convention. This was the 28th meeting of the COP, hence COP28. 

Find out about our activities at COP27 and COP26. 

Research and innovation from the University of Leeds contributed to important discussions and negotiations that took place in the run up to, and at, COP28. As an official observer of the UNFCCC - the framework that underpins COP28 - the University sent a delegation to the conference in Dubai. Members of this delegation were involved in events and activities across both the Blue Zone (UN-managed space which hosts the negotiations) and Green Zone (managed by the UAE Government, and open to the general public).