COP29 risks delegitimising itself if it does not commit to drastic emission cuts

Open letter initiated by students in Climate Sciences and Engineering


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Open letter to
Mukhtar Babayev
COP29 President-Designate

COP29 risks delegitimising itself if it does not commit to drastic emission cuts

Despite efforts of the UNFCCC and COP for almost 30 years, we are dangerously close to exceeding 1.5°C of global warming (1). The Paris Agreement states as its objective:

“Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change” (UNFCCC, 2015, Art. 2.1.a) (2).

According to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, global carbon emission reductions must begin latest in 2025, or we risk that the probability of keeping global temperatures below 1.5°C drops below 50%. We are not willing to take such risks as it jeopardises our very future.

“Global GHG emissions are projected to peak between 2020 and at the latest before 2025 in global modelled pathways that limit warming to 1.5°C (>50%) with no or limited overshoot and in those that limit warming to 2°C (>67%) and assume immediate action. (high confidence)” (B.6.1, page 20, IPCC, 2023) (3).

Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the highest emitters to move faster than the global average (4), but current (as of 9 September 2024) NDCs are far from respecting this necessity (5) and make current policy warming 2.6-3.1°C (4).

COP29 is the last opportunity as a global assembly to commit to emission reductions in line with the temperature limit of 1.5°C of the UNFCCC's Paris Agreement, before the next NDCs are due in February 2025. At past COPs, the denial of scientific facts, including the need for mitigation action for a viable future, has remained a central talking point (6). If members continue to disregard the science behind the issue and it fails to organise Paris-compatible action, the COP’s credibility to act on its central mandate to tackle the climate crisis will be at stake.

Such a potential self-delegitimisation of the COP is an unacceptable outcome. As UNEP (2024) states, we need "all eyes on the next NDCs". The COP29 Presidency and all countries, especially the highest emitters, must respect and acknowledge the scientific facts. You need to step up and commit to the immediate adoption and implementation of policies to reduce emissions now.

Sincerely,

Krzysztof Cybulski, Eslem Demirel, Nora Fahrenbach, Casimir Fisch, Yann Yasser Haddad, Felix Jäger, Julia Miller, Louise Noël du Payrat, and Solène Schaub

Students in Climate Science and Engineering

Signatories (801 so far)

Andreas Fischlin (ETH Zurich, formerly IPCC and UNFCCC), Pep Canadell (Global Carbon Budget), Gabi Hegerl (IPCC lead author and synthesis report writing team member, University of Edinburgh), Lucas Silva (IPCC author), Fortunat Joos (University Bern, formerly IPCC), Nicolas Gruber (ETH Zurich, IPCC lead author), Roberto Schaeffer (IPCC author, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Debra Roberts (former IPCC and UNFCCC), Joelle Gergis (University of Melbourne, IPCC AR6 WG1 Lead Author), Valérie Masson-Delmotte (Institut Pierre Simon Laplace/ Laboratory for Climate and Environmental Sciences, IPCC AR6 WGI Co-Chair), Felix Creutzig (IPCC author, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Berlin, University of Sussex), Benjamin Sovacool (University of Sussex and former IPCC Lead Author), Robin Chadwick (University of Exeter, IPCC AR5/6 WG1 contributing author), Céline Guivarch (CIRED, Ecole des Ponts, IPCC AR6 Lead Author), Carlos Nobre (University of São Paulo, affiliated with IPCC reports), Keywan Riahi (IPCC AR6 WGIII Coordinating Lead Author), Julia Pongratz (LMU Munich, IPCC author, Global Carbon Budget, UNEP Emissions Gap Report), Sonia I. Seneviratne (ETH Zurich, IPCC AR6 Coordinating Lead Author), Ralph Sims (Massey University, IPCC AR4/5 and SR on Renewables CLA, AR3 LA, AR6 RE), Shonali Pachauri (IIASA, Lead Author on IPCC AR6 WGIII and Synthesis Reports), Jarmo Kikstra (IIASA, Imperial College London, IPCC contributing author), Joyashree Roy (Asian Institute of Technology Thailand and Jadavpur University, India, IPCC AR4/5/6 CLA), Fabrice Lambert (IPCC AR7 scoping author, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), Adelle Thomas (IPCC AR6 WGII Lead Author), AKM Saiful Islam (IPCC Lead Author AR6), Carley Iles (CICERO, IPCC AR6 CA), Didier Swingedouw (CNRS, IPCC author), Omkar Patange (IIASA, IPCC AR6 Contributing Author), Mike O'Sullivan (University of Exeter / Global Carbon Budget), Jens Terhaar (University of Bern, IPCC AR6 WG1 contributing author)

Jakob Burkhardt (ETHZ), Lina Held (ETHZ), Noel Hoegger (ETHZ), Helena Golling, Julien Delbeke, Julian Rieder, Fabian Wirz (ETHZ), Per Espen Stoknes (BI Norwegian Business School), Thomas Crowther (ETHZ), Alice Meyer (ETHZ), Viktoria Krol, Konstantin Weber (ETHZ), Roither Laurenz (Uni Graz), Matin Salfer, Victoria Bauer, Johanna Wittholm (GeoSphere Austria), Anna Dietl (University Graz), Anna Buxhofer, Daniel Schröcker, Emil Einwaller, Heili Ombline, Annika Reiter (Uni Graz), Emile Neimry (UCLouvain), Antonia Kieber, Sophie Pasterk, Yann Quilcaille (ETHZ), Antonie Knapp, Baptiste Lambert, Neumann Melanie, Hoffmann Solène, Paul Eibensteiner, Wendelin Viehweider, Elie René-Bazin (ENS Lyon), Mika Chadzelek, Fulden Batibeniz (Uni Bern and ETHZ), Melanie Fuelster, Gergana Gyuleva (ETHZ), Clara Nussbaumer (ETHZ), Flossie Brown, Julien Bodart (Uni Bern), Lana Flanjak, Bianca Biess (ETHZ), Planchat Alban (Uni Bern), Ekaterina Stepaniak (University Lausanne, UNIL), Annika Denner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT), Marco Muccioli (ETHZ), Alina Widmer (ETHZ), Sebastian Käser, Sofia Ferdini, Pierre Testorf, Rachel Wai-Ying Wu, Tyler Houston (Universität Hohenheim), David N. Steger (University Basel), Katharina Epp (ETHZ), Marius Hörmann (Uni Graz), Lígia Silva, Laurène Descamps (One Planet Lab), Jonathan Wille (ETHZ), Adele Zaini (CICERO), Anna Walther (University Bayreuth), André Araújo (ETHZ), Zora Zubler (WWF Switzerland), Constança Tropa (ETHZ), Erik Kusch (CICERO), Mikkel Vindegg (CICERO), Robin Heiserer, Mònica Guillen-Royo (CICERO), Nico Casal (ETHZ), Luna Lehmann (ETHZ), Sofia Jordan, Petra Sieber (ETHZ), Svenja Seeber (ETHZ), Eva Glock, Pauline Seubert (ETHZ), Katrin Schönhofer (Universität Bayreuth), Jonathan Fornera (ETHZ), Mathieu Charbonnier, Ellen Gonzalez (University Zurich, UZH), Patricia Zberg (B Lab), Georg Epner (Uni Graz), Glen Boschi (Uni Basel), Muxin Hu (ETHZ), Diana Oser (Collaboratio helvetica), Esther Frei (WSL), Lukas Dürr, Michael Bründl (WSL), Corentin Chartier-Rescan (ETHZ), Ikonija Stanimirović (ETHZ), Maxence Grangeot (EPF Lausanne, EPFL), Amber van Hamel (ETHZ), Damien Gilliard (EPFL), Linda Ettlin (WSL), Dylan Reynolds (WSL), Vincent Moral, Elie Tournier (EPFL), Sergi González-Herrero (WSL), Giancarlo Bionda, Élise Blot, Mathilde Treis (Climate Fresk), Yi Yao (ETHZ), Michael Windisch (ETHZ), Julie Allemann, Tiffanie Paré (EPFL), Océane Perrone (Solarwall SA), Max Kimmlingen (ETHZ), Raphael Salzmann (ETHZ), Joseph Dufeu (EPFL), Theo Visbecq (EPFL), Monika Skutella-Jäger, Anne Kempel (WSL), Maria Grundmann (ETHZ), Romeo Jaccard (EPFL), Raphael Neukom (WSL), Xinhang Li (ETHZ), Océane Hames (EPFL), Camille Rieux (EPFL), Samuel Aeschiman, Nadine Salzmann (WSL), Elsa Pariat (EPFL), Amy Macfarlan (Northumbria University), Delphin Ruché (Rissa Citizen Science), Simón Ladino Cano (EPFL), Medya Temelli (CICERO), Martin Schneebeli (WSL), Jan Goepel (Wyss Academy for nature), Levi Brucker (ETHZ), Garance Durr-Legoupil-Nicoud (EPFL), Martim Zurita, Michael Goddijn (EPFL), Maria Loizou, Bettina Richter (WSL), Luke Simons (EPFL), Camille Gilloots (UNIL), Gabriel Vallat (EPFL), Mégane Hänni, Manon Pinget (EPFL), Lea Gabele (ETHZ), Lorenzo Pierini (ETHZ), David Machuzhak (ETHZ), Jessica Munch (WSL), Jens Kaufmann (WSL), Jakob Skutella (RWTH Aachen), Silvia Gómez (ISGlobal), Thessa Beck (ISGlobal), Pascal Egli (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Sonja Wipf, Mayur Gajanan Sapkal (ETHZ), Muhammad Waseem Khan (Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences), José Chen-Xu (ISGlobal), Léo Brumm (EPFL), Vanessa Nogueira dos Santos, Sara Bizzi, Brenno De Lucca (EPFL), Agathe Lugand (UNIGE), Filippo Toscano (UZH), Matteo Hermann (ETHZ), Ka Man Cheng (ETHZ), Doris Li, Reinart Coosemans (EPFL), Sakura Ono, Pirmin Jäger, Chiara Meroni (ETHZ), Célia Benquet (EPFL), Artur Jesslen (University Freiburg), Davide Mancini (EPFL), Larissa Rettig, Lars Hauptmann (ETHZ), Hoel Huon, Joren Buekers (ISGlobal), Noee Knecht (ETHZ), Amalia Kasmiridou, Alicia Engelmann, Laurine Senn (UNIGE), Clemens Jäger, Valeria Tutinelli (UZH), Rebekka Obermayr, Anna Salfer, Radjaa Tairou, Bettina Geble, Sosan Amiri, Jochen Kranich, Sandro Meier (EMPA), Jonathan Dotzler (ETHZ), Andrija Kolic (EPFL), Christine Salfer, Gonxhe Idrizi (Procter & Gamble), Samuel Béisle (EPFL), Pierluca Buono, Bryan Briod (EPFL), Célia Rouvenaz, Simon Laude (EPFL), Mathieu Beller (EPFL), Louis Poulain--Auzéau (MeteoSwiss), Irene Heinimann, Patrick Leibersperger(WSL), Matthieu Schmidt (EPFL), Benjamin Charpentier-Pépin (EPFL), Leonhard Rieder, Nadja Ptacek, Magdalena Lang, Mlinar Jonas (EPFL), Martin Biland (UNIL), Antoine Biland, Felix Breuer (ETHZ), Emma Biland(Uni Bern), Simon Lang, Hubert Jäger (BitHeat.business), Arno Cheda (ETHZ), Markus Husemann-Kopetzky, Ilayda Kuzucular, David Tschan (ETHZ), Anaïs Sägesser, Cyril Barthelet (EPFL), Julia Pressner (Uni Bern), Gian-Luca Hilfiker (ETHZ), Benedikt Jäger (ETHZ), Sarah Böjte, Ly Antille, Lukas Letuha (ETHZ), Joël Gmür (ETHZ), Charles Fierz (WSL), Tobias Nützel (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, LMU Munich), Arthur Removille (EPFL), Mario Loeliger (ETHZ), Attila Böjte, Ingeborg Böjte, Adam Souter (KCL), Niels Poulsen (EPFL) Marta Loscertales Font (Kings College London, KCL), Valentin Aebi (EPFL), Ivana Markic , Xavier Dickmann, David Jäger, Susanne Stoll, Melin Walet (WSL), Lennart Deilmann (FU Berlin), Christa Skutella, Dominik Schumacher (ETHZ), Selin Kandiyoti (EPFL), Carol Flores, Cameron Cummins (UT Austin), Elsa Schönwiese (KCL), Claire Richards (Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility), David Simon-Vermot, Laura Sacher (EPFL), Quill Kukuj, Luisa Schrempf (Lumiphase), Peter Krcmar (EPFL), Leon Bührle (BFW), Damien Jaccoud (EPFL), Julia Guignon (EPFL), Victor Pennacino (EPFL), Léa Schmidt (UNIL), Georg Löffler, Michael Lorentschk (UnternehmerTUM), Defne Karagül (KCL), Cecilia Andriantsoa, Zach Quigley (Rutgers University), Shogo Mizutori, Alissar Yassine Haddad (Jinan University), Clara Therond, Claudia Chan, Felix Gertheinric, Hugo Hogenkamp (EPFL), Lionel Turine, Sirke Schaper, Coralie Deguent, Mayeul Barthe, Natasa Krco (Imperial College London), Louise Farren, Noé Vandevoorde (UCLouvain), Annika Schlemm (Vrije Universitet Brussel), Helene Hollitzer (Uni Bern), Sarah Schöngart (Humboldt University Berlin, HUB), Giulia Bruno (WSL), Erza Fazlija, Amira Skhab, Paul Park (LMU Munich), Quirina Rodriguez (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC Berlin), Nikolai Jäger (Technical University, TU Berlin), Nadja Omanovic (ETHZ), Angelika Mühlpointner, Markus Gstaltmeyr, Lina Bernert (ETHZ), Daniel Heitzinger, Ignacio del Amo (University of Exeter), George Datseris (University of Exeter), Lina Mercado (University of Exeter), Suzanne Alen, Jeremy Sibille (KUL), Sina Engl, Brigitte Cron, Lucas Ferreira Correa (LMU Munich), Jamie Atkins (University of Exeter), Gavyn Mewett (University of Exeter), Wolfgang Obermeier (LMU Munich), Isobel Parry (University of Exeter), Oscar Kennedy-Blundell (University of Exeter), Alice Savona (EPFL), Michele FIlippucci (University of Trento), Christoph Schierghofer (LMU Munich), Nell Hartney (University of Exeter), Silas Lehmann (ETHZ), Philipp Geissmann (ETHZ), Rahel Olivia Fernandez, Thomas Hutton (University of Exeter), Malin Locher (ETHZ), Nathanaël Lambert (EPFL), Mikael Tariq (KCL), Bianca Malacas, Sandrina Ihle, John Thuburn (University of Exeter), Patric Boardman (University of Exeter), Daniel Witt (University of Exeter), Alice Wells (University of Exeter), Cedric Guntersweiler (ETHZ), Emma Bailey (University of Exeter), Judith Kleinheins (ETHZ), Igor Turine (UCLouvain), Jean Triaille (KU Leuven), Birgit Ottmer (WSL), Stefano Ubbiali (ETHZ), Ian Burton (University of Exeter), Juliette Glorieux (UCLouvain), Jemma Shipton (University of Exeter), Anna Beretta, Maxime Buron (UCLouvain), Sophie Malherbe (UCLouvain), Alana Bucheli (ETHZ), Kalle Nordling (Finnish Meteorological Institute), Maud Abbé-Decarroux, Jayden Lawrence, Cate Fraser (University of Edinburgh), Massimo Bollasina (University of Edinburgh), Valentin Künzler (ETHZ), Andrew Winters (CU Boulder), Gabriel Grand-Guillaume (UNIL), Jonss Schumann, Pierre-Jean Renaud (EPFL), Renate Grasse (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Charlotte Köhne, Thomas Biselx (ETHZ), Fanny Goy, Gilles Lanners (Comité pour une Paix Juste au Proche-Orient), Clemens Schwingshackl (LMU Munich), Valérie Kemp, Hildegard Streppel, Reckinger Anne (ETHZ), Tommaso Hilfiker (ETHZ), Jean-Marie Bernard Goy, Isabelle Wagener, Nathalie Jadin, Paul Bell (University of Exeter), Matt Stone (University of Exeter), Bridget Higton, Gabriel Heymans, Celia Viñas, Mary Booker, Marilyn Spurr, Carla Alonso, Paul Astagneau (ETHZ), Carla Mayr, Dilan Kuas, Christoph Heinimann (HSG), Isabella Fritz (LMU Munich), Daniel Williams (University of Exeter), Arturo Winters, Xun Zou (UCSD), Piero Rigoni (Trento University), Gianni Ardielli (ETHZ), Nadine Gut (EHZ), Lili Sikora (University College Freiburg), Kyle Mattingly (University of Wisconsin), Samuel Gerisch, Franziska Wolf, Katharina Skutella, Felix Engel (ETHZ), Lavinia Hollands, Zoe Haigh, Martin Lindlmayer (Graz University of Technology), Santino Rekitt, Jorge Moran Bornemann (Wacheningen University and Research, WUR), Peter Bekk (Management Center Innsbruck), Martin Skutella (TU Berlin), Phoebe Lee (Open University), Tuule Müürsepp (ETHZ), Lionel Gilliar, Toby Jones (University of Exeter), Friedrich Burger (University of Bern), Nicole Vadot (EPFL), William Smith (University of Cambridge), Florina Schalamon (University of Graz), Julia Skutella, Yashas Raj (University of Cambridge), Aline Baudet (ENSAV La Cambre), Robert Jnglin Wills (ETHZ), Claudia La Valle (ETHZ), Antonia Schumacher (ETHZ), Peter Anthony Cook (University of Exeter), Lukas Bieri, Mylène Jacquemart (ETHZ), Alessio Canclini (University of Oslo), Michaela Geisel, Beatriz Arellano-Nava (University of Exeter), Michael Dunne (University of Exeter), Stephen Hughes (University of Exeter), Regan Mudhar (University of Exeter), Danny McCulloch (University of Exeter), Tanvi Mishra (The Keeling Society), Greta Herzig (Green Youth Party), Samuele Costantino (Jagiellonian University), Noémie Zurbriggen (EPFL), Célestin Pythoud (UNIL), Gilly Robinson, Clara Turine (Maastricht University), Jake Chapman (University of Cambridge), Susanna Tausenfreund, Anna Krebs (TransformAction Lab), Alain Fisch, Chris Fairless (United Nations University, former ETH), Lukas Jäger, Jonas Blumenroth (JGU Mainz), Mathew Hill (Open University), Julia Eberhorn, Federica Bolazzi, Marta Corrà (University of Bern), Valentina Perruchon, Perrone Pietro (Université Grenoble Alpes), Bernhard Jäger , Wim Thiery (VUB), Caterina Salvo, Elisabeth Jäger, Susanna Alborghetti (Università degli studi di Milano), Cristina Cipriano (CMCC Foundation • Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change), Andrea Cavalleroni, Angelika Kemmler, Beatrice Federica Luciani, Moritz Riedacher (Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz), Sarah Brizzolara, Caterina Battaini, Linus Hofstetter (ETHZ), Ibrahim Muhammad (Fridays for future Nigeria), Alessia Iotti, Marlo Roth (ETHZ), Desiree Iten, Giovanni Ludovico Montagnani (Ci Sarà Un Bel Clima), Emanuel Pytlik (ETHZ), Lena Künzle (ETHZ), Rene Schoenenberger, Leah Holzer, Virginia Toscano Rivalta (UNIMI), Mira Habermann, Oscar Hughes, Elena Barone, Sofia Cisotto, Abheepsa Nanda (ETHZ), Elena Kramer (ETHZ), Lenita Edward, Marco Karrer (University of Fribourg), Sophie Gruchola, Andrina Weber (ETHZ), Nadine Geckert, Xenia Stocker (ETHZ), Helen Koch (ETHZ), Michela Casale Rossi, Stella Miotti, Annika Müller (WU), Tiziana L. Zendrini (University of Padova), Myriam Bonardi (ETHZ), Katalin Hausel (Collaboratio Helvetica), Arianna Mazzoccato (UNIFR), Bea Albermann (University of Lausanne), Julia Ahlberg (HSLU), Janni Casal (ETHZ), Isabel Seeholzer (ETHZ), Yohei Takata (Fridays For Future Japan), Lancelot Graulich (EPFL), Richard Blättler (Debt for Climate Switzerland), Patience Nabukalu (Fridays for Future Uganda), Maja Wuethrich, Maaike Weerdesteijn (UNIS), Silja Estermann (ETHZ), Gina Wäger (ETHZ), Elisa Ferrero (Università degli studi di Torino), Nicole Gatto (Humboldt University Berlin), Leo Caldana, Oliver Thomas Clemente, Maria Hänggi (ETHZ), Valentina Perruchon (Università degli Studi di Torino), Alyssia Leclercq (UNIL), Orlando Addis (Lunds Universitet), Alberto Ciannamea, Iris Schafer, Josephine Baudisch, Lea Schmid (UNIFR), Isabel Cihla, Martin Reck (Climatestrike Switzerland), Aaro Sariola, Leonard Schafer (AFPESS Fribourg), Matthew Henry (University of Exeter), Anna González Manjón (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Mattia Deflorio, Roberto Bazzocchi, Vera Brandes, Alexandros Ramiotis (Degrowth Greece), Maria Giovanna Stoppani (UNIPA), Ludovica Montecchio, Ilaria Guardamagna, Veronica Russo, Marco Serra, Abbie Williams, Julien Vignoud (EPFL), Simon Nickel (Karl Franzens University Graz), Moritz Pichler (University of Graz), Joséphine De Backer, Evelyn Ravasio, Maryam Glock, Jacob Jones, Carlotta Simonetti, Luna Bloin-Wibe (ETHZ), Julian Fisch (WSL), Maximilian Amberg (MCC Berlin), Marina Andrijevic (IIASA), Setu Pelz (IIASA), Sandra Brockert, Caroline Zimm (IIASA), Kevin Donkers (University of Exeter), Yoga Pratama (IIASA), Merle Quade (IIASA), Sascha Nick (EPFL), Emma Hanny (KF Graz), Noah von Matt (ETHZ), Benigna Boza-Kiss (IIASA, Central European University, GreenDependent), Noah Smith (University of Exeter), Fabian Moos (Ukamazentrum Nürnberg), Deepam Jyoti (LMU Munich), Khulan Berger (Swiss Youth For Climate), Ana María Ugarte Caviedes (Center for Climate and Resilience Research), Kara Grotefeld (ETHZ), Silvan Küng, Javier Lopatin (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez), Cecilia Ibarra (CR2, University of Chile), Yohei Yamaguchi (Osaka University), Sreyam Sengupta (IIASA), Dalila Briones (Universidad de Chile), Luca Ferrari (ETHZ), Roberta Hadjiyski, Erman Erogan (CAN Europe), Fabio Barbero, Claude Raisaro (IHEID), Vivien Kolotzek (UZH), Jacob Wright (EPFL), Philippe Ciais (LSCE), Freya Payne (University of Exeter), Ivan Araya (University of Exeter), Susannah Crockford (University of Exeter), Tarje Nissen-Meyer (University of Exeter), Elena O’Dea (University of Exeter), David Pencheon (University of Exeter), Alex Huke (University of Exeter), Peter Connor (University of Exeter), Jamie Shutler (University of Exeter, IPCC report reviewer) Catriona McKinnon (University of Exeter), Pierre Friedlingstein (University of Exeter), Timothy Malone (Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital), Nick Chavasse (University of Exeter), James Dyke (University of Exeter) Ray Rubia (University of Exeter), Peter Strickland, Gail Whiteman (University of Exeter and Arctic Basecamp), John Duffy (LSI, Exeter University), Marco Agolzer (University of Exeter), Gloria Crabolu (University of Exeter), Steven Palmer (University of Exeter), Verena Geduldig, David M. Parslo (University of Exeter), Michaela Werning (IIASA), Aegean Bramley (University of Exeter), Axel Osses (Universidad de Chile), Lara Oxley (University of Bern), Francesco Lucano (University of Bern), Patricia Helpap (University of Bern), Ingrid Kjelsen (University of Bern), Dominique Zumstein (University of Basel), Sol Kislig (University of Bern / OCCR), Linus Kessler (University of Bern), Robert Ellis (University of Exeter), Raphaëlle Haywood (University of Exeter), Livia Giezendanner, Sophie Spelsberg (University of Bern), Robbert Kouwenhoven (University of Bern), Sarah Willi (University of Bern), Judith Ebnöther (UZH), Fabio Pisi, Eléonore Perret (ETHZ), Fabrice Ledentu (Accorinvest), Sulagna Ghosal (University of Exeter), Dominik Wiedenhofer (BOKU University), Ainesh Sewak (University of Zurich), Lara Zinkl (University of Bern), Gregor Kiesewetter (IIASA), Veronique Wohler, Aliisa Laakkonen (University of Bern), Benedikt Demmeler, Sarah Linnartz (Utrecht University), Prashant Makhan (IIT Bombay), Barbara Smetschka (BOKU University), Jon Nyffeler (ETHZ), Ruben Prütz (Humboldt University of Berlin), Karla Gutiérrez Valverde, Simona Schmid, Adèle Fisch, Joas Müller (ETHZ), Francesco Giardina (ETHZ), Robert Peal (University of Innsbruck), Julian Kölbel (University of St. Gallen), Patrick Schmitt (University of Innsbruck), Niklas Richter (University of Innsbruck), Lilian Schuster (University of Innsbruck), Ralph Sonderegger, Lindsey Nicholson (University of Innsbruck), Rainer Prinz (University of Innsbruck), Bettina Schwarzen (ZHAW), Jaqueline Hoppe, Shriya Singh (Institutional Shareholder Services), Nick Beglinger (Cleantech21 Foundation), Haoming Zhong (LU), Christian Mittelholzer, Rohan Kumar, Suraj Kumar (Patna University), Roman Baier, Cynthia Steijn (University of Bern), Jochen Müller (Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie), Reto Largo (Empa Director NEST), Claudia Schmid-Bucher, Daniela Valenzuela Ávalos (Center for Climate and Resilience Research), Hervé Windisch (MyBluePlanet), Nischal Devkota (UNIL), Ana Berkenhoff, Micaela Ferreiro (University of St. Gallen), Ruth Geen (University of Birmingham), Emily Collier (University of Innsbruck), Laura Barraclough (University of Innsbruck), Julia Gallmeier (University of Lausanne), Britta Kuempers (University of Exeter), Rebecca Baiman, Matthäus Karrer, Thomas Gattiker (ETHZ), Aparna Santhosh (University of Exeter), Kai Greenlees (University of Exeter), Noemi Meier (ETHZ), Mario Blersch (University of Tübingen), Clarissa Kroll (ETHZ), Hwajin Choi (MPI), Manuel Weber (ETHZ), Benoît Hirtzel (ETHZ), Virginie Devos, Evelyn Long (University of Oslo), Louise Farren, Oisín Considine, Juliet Skelly (University of York), Maulik Parekh (University of Heidelberg & MPI for Astronomy), Clara Gausepohl (LMU Munich), Stephanie Brumat, Clara Bayley (MPI for Meteorology), Lavinia Hoeck, Ryan Vella (MPI for Chemistry), Marie Požgainer, Melda Kelemcisoy (The Open University), Laura Riordan (University of Copenhagen), Maria Rissner, Nino Wilkins, Moritz Günther (MPI for Meteorology), Felix Schaumann (MPI for Meteorology), Zoi Kourkouraidou (MPI for Meteorology), Hendrik Grosselindemann (University of Bern), Patrick Maier, Antonia Kieber (University of Graz), Niál Perry (WSL), Moritz Gehlhaar (Maastricht University), Louise Venables (University of Exeter), Victoria Dietz (MPI for Meteorology), Jakob Deutloff (MPI for Meteorology), Linus Vogt (Sorbonne Université), Yves Görgen (ETHZ), Diego Beecher (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Jule Ploschke (GEOMAR), Christoph Hartmann (MPI for Chemistry), Liliane Wyss, Tanja Diener (Klimastreik Zürich), Frederik Krammer (University of Krems), Thomas Brudermann (University of Graz), Emelie Breunig (University Hamburg, MPI for Meteorology), Jan Stalzer (WU Vienna), Andreas Wedenig (University of Graz), Simon Weber, Katharina Lasic, Larissa Bison, Luca Schmidt (MPI for Meteorology), Isabelle Schmitz (University Hamburg), Diego Prieto Schwarz, Giancarlo Rosso, Bernd-Markus Pfeiffer, Giorgio Vacchiano (University of Milan), Dario Papale (CNR), Yiling Hu (University of Glasgow), Katy Sheen (University of Exeter), Alzbeta Medvedova (University of Innsbruck), Natacha Le Grix (University of Liverpool), Megan Franke (Colorado State University), Patrick Duddek (ETHZ), Monika Lusser (ETHZ), Jon Cranko Page (UNSW Sydney), Margaret Powell (Columbia University), Nazek Noureddine (Children’s hospital Zurich), Jen L. Diehl, Liliana Scapucci (ETHZ), Ngoc Nguyen (UC Berkeley), Nathalie Manetti (ETHZ), Marem Eskandr, Safia Azzaoui (UZH), Sarah Conradt, Giovanna Chiara Carbone, Sophie Emberger (ETHZ), Yi Wang (ETHZ), Paribesh Pradhan, Alena Pavlackova (ETHZ), Marthe Ortolo, Giorgio Gullone (Ferrari), Gina Marano (ETHZ), Mathieu Levesque (ETHZ), Sharon De Cet, Steeve Pepin (Université Laval), Arijit Upadhyay (ETHZ), Anthony Burke (UNSW), Yalda Janebdar, Ernestine NGO MELHA (Association d'Aide à l'Education de l'Enfant Handicapé), Luca Fè d'Ostiani, Luana Krebs (ETHZ), Yann Vitasse (WSL), Günter Hoch (University of Basel), Christof Bigler (ETHZ), Leonardo Ferrari (Charles River Laboratories), Koen Hufkens (BlueGreen Labs), Nicoletta Piccolrovazzi (Applied Sustainability GmbH), Chris Gopsill (Applied Sustainability GmbH), Maria Gopsill, Nadezhda Paneva (ETHZ), Ionelia Starparu, Catherine Chandler, Chloé F. Smith (UC Berkeley), Isabel Huck (TU Darmstadt), Maybritt Schillinger (ETHZ), Emily Griffith (US EPA), Tiia Määttä (UZH), Constance Perez (UC Berkeley), Gabriela Cabrera (Planet Cero), Camille Fallous, Emanuele Aucone, Marie-Lou Pijnenburg (ETHZ), Viktor Chistyakov (Law Office of Viktor Chistyakov), Kate Whitfield (Zeroverse), Laura Gelder-Robertson (Cambridge University Institute for Sustainable Leadership), Dorota Retelska (EPFL), Monika Wildi, Nhiem Nguyen (ETHZ), Adeline Ossola, Olya Skulovich (NASA), Shruti Nath (University of Oxford)

Glossary:

COP = Conference of the Parties

UNFCCC = United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

IPCC = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

GHG = Greenhouse gas

NDC = Nationally determined contributions

UNEP = United Nations Environmental Program

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