COP: Planning for ParisMatt Bishop, Matt Irish, Hannah Jones and Micki Johns

Introduction

● Project Brief● Methodology● Findings and

Conclusions● Acknowledgements

Project Brief

● COP Paris student delegation

● Class for delegates● Ethical issues

○ Funding○ Who goes?

Methodology

● Project outline○ Big questions○ Our capacity to contribute

● Information-gathering stage○ Stakeholder interviews○ Resources from past COP delegations

● Evaluation of new information● Fine-tuning project objectives

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Methodology

Former Delegates

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Methodology

increasing knowledge

increasing usefulness

Past delegates

Findings and Conclusions

● Timeline● Who should go?● Funding● Pre-COP● At the COP● Post-COP

Timeline

June:Names of delegation

submitted to UN

October:Delegation size

designated by the UN

November 30- December 11:

COP 21 in Paris, France

September:Start of COP Fall

2015 Class

Post-COP:Follow-up with the

University of Michigan

Who Should Go?

● Previous COP Delegations○ Lima

■ SNRE students■ Funded by SNRE

○ Copenhagen■ CoE, SNRE, AOSS students■ Funded by SNRE, CoE,

Weather Underground, AOSS

Who Should Go?: Recommendations

● Diverse group of students● Individual school

submission of interested students

● Student applications to schools

● Nominated student applications to COP Committee

Who Should Go?: Recommendations

● COP Committee selects students○ COP Class in Fall 2015

● Previous assumption: delegation only graduate students

● Recommendation: Mainly graduate students, but upper level undergraduates can apply

Funding

● Combination

Models Advantages Disadvantages

Each school/college pays for its delegates

● Each school supports its tuition-paying students

● “Fair”

● Students may be limited by school’s budget/interests

Stakeholders fund delegation in return for outputs

● Greater focus on outputs/impact

● Known cash flow helps schools to budget

● RiskInvestment

Per Capita

Pre-COP: Values

Observe and Report

Advocate

Negotiate

YOUNGO, RINGO, etc

Support a Party

Pre-COP● Bonn Climate Change Conference

○ Extra student engagement○ Networking

● Content to include in course:○ Baseline: UNFCCC history, process○ Paris: Day-to-day preview of what to expect○ Pre-departure meeting focusing on logistics○ Guest speakers: rely on past experience○ “Reasonable People”: negotiating skills○ Interview practice

At the COP: Two Scenarios

● Scenario 1“We, as a university, need to get a finger on the pulse.”

○ Focus on reporting back to U-M○ Students are information gatherers○ Given what talks they need to attend

● Scenario 2“Don’t overly structure it! Let bright, ambitious people do their thing.”

○ Focus on individual development○ Students can follow own interests

At the COP

● Improve cohesion○ Communication team with well-defined roles○ Aggregate multimedia on one website (revive

climateblue.org?)○ Brief daily delegation-wide meeting

● Practicalities○ Lodging within ~20 minutes of conference○ Knowledge transfer between outgoing and incoming

students

Post-COP

● Panel Presentation● Guest Lecturing● It’s Hot in Here● Local Media● Student Organizations● Public Events

Future Research

● People to talk to○ Doug Glancy○ Nicholas Jensen○ Peter Sinclair○ Rosina Bierbaum

● Reach out to other universities○ Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke

University

Acknowledgements

Special thank you to:

Dr. Richard RoodMs. Michelle BurdickDr. Paul EdwardsDr. Jose AlfaroMs. Katie BrowneMs. Pearl ZengMs. Samantha Shattuck

Questions?