Good COP, Bad COP: Reflections on COP30

1 Dec 2025

In person and online

What really happened at COP30? Good COP, Bad COP brings together leading experts to dissect the highs, lows, and next steps after the world’s biggest climate summit — and to answer your burning questions about where we go from here.

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Date

1 Dec 2025
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Good COP, Bad COP brings you an expert panel to discuss the highs and the lows of the world's biggest climate conference. After the 30th "Conference of the Parties" (COP), we'll ask: what really happened? What was agreed, and what was left unspoken? And after all these years, what do we do next?

with

  • Prof Piers Forster, UK’s Climate Change Committee
  • Dr Natalie Jones, International Institute for Sustainable Development
  • Dr Joanna Depledge, Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance
  • Prof David Reiner, Cambridge Judge Business School
  • Zoë Quiroz-Cullen, Fauna & Flora 
  • Sienna Bassi, Cambridge Climate Society

The event will be chaired by the Centre for Climate Repair's Prof Jerome Neufeld.

Join us at the Department of Engineering to have your questions answered. Refreshments will be provided afterwards.

Good COP, Bad COP: First reflections on COP30
Monday 1st December, 1-2pm followed by refreshments

Dr Constance Tipper Lecture Theatre,
Department of Engineering,
Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZ

Or watch online.

Cover image by UNFCC at COP29.