A decade of the Paris Agreement brings progress and setbacks
Ten years have passed since the countries of the world signed the Paris Agreement. Political scientist Fariborz Zelli, also member of the BECC board, sums up the surprises – both positive and negative – in climate policy over the past ten years and also looks ahead:
A decade of the Paris Agreement brings progress and setbacks | Lund University
Ahead of COP30: “The Amazon should be out of question for extractivism; it is too valuable in terms of its biocultural diversity”
Torsten Krause, Associate Professor at LUCSUS and BECC PI, has spent the last 16 years doing research with a focus on the Colombian and Ecuadorian Amazon region: investigating forest governance, the use of tropical wildlife, traditional ecological knowledges and human and environmental rights.
Side events at COP 30 with BECC members
Fariborz Zelli will also host a side event at COP30 for Lund University. The event focuses on unsung heroes of climate action under threat, namely the crucial roles of local and indigenous communities in climate mitigation and adaptation – and the considerable neglect which their climate action, and the violence against them, have been receiving in the UNFCCC process.: Side-Event at 2025 UN Climate Conference in Brazil – Nature of Peace
Another side-event with relevance to BECC is co-arranged by Emily Boyd (Director Beijer Institute, LUCSUS, BECC PI, Climes). It explores why people stay despite escalating climate extremes. It brings attention to communities who are unable or unwilling to move, challenging mobility biases in adaptation policy. The discussion asks how climate finance can advance justice, dignity, and resilience for those who remain in exposed regions.
Rootedness Despite Uncertainty: Immobility in a Changing Climate (COP 30) em Belém - Sympla