Tufts University at COP31
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The Fletcher School’s Climate Policy Lab (CPL) at Tufts University works to determine which climate policies work, which don’t, and why. The lab conducts independent, evidence-based research and policy analysis, providing objective insights that enhance effective climate-related choices for policy makers across the geographic and ideological spectrum. Our work is founded on the desire for sustainable and resilient development that will address climate change in a manner that will improve the quality of life for all people. The scope of the Lab is highly attuned to state, national, and bi-lateral policy processes while maintaining a global perspective – the motto of The Fletcher School.
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Climate Policy Lab Events at COP31
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Topic: Trading Up the Green Transition: Green Industrial Policy, Trade Strategy, and Emerging-Economy Leverage in a Fragmenting World
Date: Wednesday, November 11
Time: 1:45pm - 2:45pm TRT
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion
Description: Green industrial policy is increasingly situated at the intersection of climate ambition, development strategy, energy security, and geopolitical competition. This panel will bring together policymakers and researchers from emerging economies to discuss how countries can navigate a fragmenting global trade and innovation landscape when advancing to a green transition and decarbonization.
Speakers:
Adrián Fernández Bremauntz, General Director at ICM
Kelly Sims Gallagher, Dean and Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Victoria Santos, Energy and Industry Manager at iCS
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Topic: Just Transition through Green Industrialization: Enabling Conditions for the Global South
Date: Tuesday, November 17
Time: 6:30-8:00pm TRT
Location: Side Event Room Brown
Description:
Just Transition through Green Industrialization: How can countries build competitive low-carbon industries while ensuring a just transition? This event examines policy, finance, technology and trade conditions that enable green industrialization in the Global South, drawing lessons Enabling Conditions for the Global South relevant to climate implementation and cooperation.
Speakers:
CSE India
E+ Institute
CPL, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Africa Policy Research Institute gUG (APRI)
UNIDO
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Topic: Industrial Decarbonization: Where Do We Stand and What Comes Next? A Progress Review of Global Initiatives in Steel and Cement
Date: Thursday, November 19
Time: 1:15 - 2:45pm TRT
Location: Side Event Room Green
Description:
This session moves from political framing to institutional coordination to sectoral delivery to research/field lessons — a joint progress review (“stocktake”) across steel and cement. The structure mirrors how the Steel and Cement Plans to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) are themselves organized: priority actions, progress to date, and next steps
Speakers
Asa Ekdahl, Worldsteel
Jana Psarska, GCCA
Faustine Delasalle, UNIDO
Soyoung Oh, CPL, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Dursun Bas, Sabanci University
Umit Sahin, Sabanci University
Turkiye & Australian COP31 Presidencies
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Topic: From Commitments to Implementation: Delivering a Just Energy Transition – Evidence from Türkiye, Brazil and Other Emerging Economies
Date: Thursday, November 19
Time: 11:15–12:00pm TRT
Location: Turkiye Pavilion
Description:
Implementation is the session’s direct focus. It combines comparative research on the gap between national climate commitments and enacted policy with the practical question of how a just energy transition is actually delivered.
Speakers
Umit Sahin, Moderator
Rosana Santos, E+
Bengisu Ozenc, Sustainable Economics and Finance Association
Onur Akgul, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabanci University
Soyoung Oh, Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Date: November 16 - November 20
Location: Booth #20
Organizers: Tufts University, Cornell University, and Boston University
Description: Cornell University, Boston University, and Tufts University will present their world-renowned climate research (Cornell Atkinson Center), global development research (BU Global Development Policy Center) and policy analysis (Climate Policy Lab) to help advance dialogue and decisions with Parties and observers at the COP.
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