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One of SEARCH’s graduate research fellows at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Imane Darkaoui is on-site participating in COP30. After a logistically challenging journey from Monterey, California, to Belém, Brazil, earlier this week, Amany’s first report from COP30 has arrived. _____ The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the annual meeting for all the parties…
What Is COP? COP is the “Conference of the Parties,” an annual United Nations summit where world leaders, diplomats, scientists, and other stakeholders gather to address climate change issues. The “Parties” refer to the 198 countries (plus the European Union) that have signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a treaty adopted…
Slushy sidewalks, falling flakes, and brisk breezes indicate April’s late-winter tendrils are yet to relinquish Anchorage from their grasps. None of it freezes folks in their footsteps. Over 1,000 people from many corners of the globe have traveled to Alaska’s metropolis for the 10th anniversary Arctic Encounter Symposium (AES), North America’s largest Arctic policy and…
SEARCH Highlights: How we're working together to share what we know
When Alex Shahbazi graduated from Middlebury Institute of International Studies with his master’s degree in International Environmental Policy in May 2023, he had already spent over 18 months as a research assistant with SEARCH. During that time, Alex conceived of and co-produced six episodes of the SEARCH podcast Out of the Arctic and played an…