Our eye on COP28

ISS participants at COP28

• Manju von Rospatt

  MA candidate 

  Manju is an MA candidate in the Social Policy for Development major in our MA in Development Studies programme. She will attend the conference on behalf of Eutopya, an international youth-led media organization. She will cover the event with her colleagues through their podcast and interview individuals across the critical issues at stake in the COP28 negotiations.

  

• Hyeonggeun Ji

  PhD researcher

  Hyeonggeun is a PhD researcher part of the Humanitarian Governance research project. He will attend COP28 on behalf of the ICE-Network to observe how (Bangladeshi) participants negotiate and advocate climate-related displacement agendas for his research.

  

• Mshai Mkoji

  ISS MA alum

  Mshai is an alum of our MA in Development Studies programme. She is currently a senior programme officer for advocacy and outreach for the African Climate Foundation. She will represent her organization while attending COP28, whose mission at the COP is to, shift narratives of the climate transition in Africa and strengthen efforts towards the continent's decarbonization.

  

• Bruna Lessa Bastos 

  ISS MA alum

  Bruna is an alum of our MA in Development Studies programme. She is the co-founder and development director of Instituto EVA, a non-profit enterprise focused on integrating socio-environmental education into public schools in Brazil. Bruna will participate in two panels, one of which will be open to the public entitled 'Corporate Sustainability: Strategies for Achieving Positive Social Impact & Environmental Benefits' and organized by Sorbonne Abu Dhabi. The panel will be held on 11 December from 15:30 to 16:30 (UAE).

  

• Paulo Guerra

  ISS MA alum

  Paulo is an alum of our MA in Development Studies programme. He is the Program Director for Public Institutions at Dom Cabral Foundation (Fundação Dom Cabral) in Brazil. Paulo will be presenting the Amazon Development Plan on 4 December, starting at 12:30 (UAE) in the Amazon Hub together with nine Brazilian Governors of State.

  

• Natalia Mamonova

  ISS PhD alum

  Natalia is a PhD alum of ISS. She is senior researcher at Ruralis, the Institute for Rural Regional Research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Natalia will be presenting (online) during the 'Eastern European food systems in crisis: Multi-sectoral solutions for food security and health' session, organized by Rozviy, on 12 December from 16:00-17:30 (UAE). In this discussion, she will talk about the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine on food systems locally and globally and the coping strategies of different food producers in Ukraine.