Our contribution to the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties 2022 (COP27)

Climate change is a major challenge facing society and the environment. Learn more about the role we are played during COP27

United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27)

6–18 November 2022

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

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Our contributing researchers

We sent leading engineers, scientists, designers and commentators to provide a range of perspectives to overcome the global climate challenge

Professor Deborah Greaves OBE FREng

One of the country’s foremost experts in offshore renewable energy and is Director of the University’s COAST laboratory, which is one of Europe’s leading facilities driving innovation in wind, tidal and wave technologies

Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS

First coined ‘microplastics’ in 2004 and has since mapped out much of the territory upon which our understanding of both the impacts of plastics and the potential solutions are based

Professor Melanie Austen

For more than 20 years, Melanie has been leading and delivering a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary research projects to support the blue economy and protect our oceans

Professor Katharine Willis

A leading voice in the exploration of our interactions with and perceptions of our spatial environment and technology, developing innovative ways of creating inclusive urban spaces through new technologies

Professor Ian Bailey

Ian's research and teaching interests vary from climate change and the social dimensions of renewable energy to grassroots sustainability transitions, sustainable development education, waste management, and societal engagement with marine environments

Dr Munira Raji

Munira’s work involves engaging with the global scientific community and advancing geoscience for sustainable human progress, focusing on the sustainability of natural resources, UN SDGs, science policy, geoscience diplomacy and just energy transition

Professor Iain Stewart MBE

A global ambassador for the earth sciences and at the forefront of communicating planetary concerns, breaking down the barriers to public understanding of natural events like earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis and the media responses to them

Yve Metcalfe-Tyrrell

Project Director for ReCon Soil and Agritech, which aim to make the United Kingdom a world leader in agricultural and environmental technology and sustainability

Our researchers' aims for COP27

Some of our leading researchers, who are attending COP27, share their perspectives on the latest climate change discourse and their aspirations for the conference

Our researchers at COP27

Sharing our research with nearly 60 nations

Ian Bailey with Esther Nyamekye from Youth Climate Control

Professor Richard Thompson talking to delegates from UAE

Professor Richard Thompson with alumnus Chip Cunliffe (Ocean Risk & Resilience Action Alliance) at COP 27

Professor Richard Thompson with University of Plymouth alumnus Chip Cunliffe from Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance

Yve Metcalfe-Tyrrell talking with COP 27 delegate at University of Plymouth stand

Yve Metcalfe-Tyrrell discussing our research

Yve Metcalfe-Tyrrell and Professor Ian Bailey at the University of Plymouth COP 27 stand

Yve Metcalfe-Tyrrell and Professor Ian Bailey at the University of Plymouth stand

Professor Ian Bailey discussing our research

We’re a member of the UK Universities Climate Network

We are proud to be part of the UK Universities Climate Network, a growing group of more than 85 UK-based universities and research centres working together to raise ambition for tangible outcomes from the COP27 conference.

Visit the UK Universities Climate Network website for more information

Plymouth perspectives on the climate emergency

After providing evidence for global action at climate change summits and conferences, our researchers are working with a systems-thinking approach to reach impactful solutions.

University of Plymouth researchers, leaders in their fields, offer their expert perspectives on the transdisciplinary systems-thinking approach that is vital to tackle the climate emergency.

Read our researchers’ opinions