Exeter House, presented by the University of Exeter Business School

Join the University of Exeter’s globally acclaimed climate scientists, sustainability experts and business academics with some of the most influential climate-focused individuals at COP28.

Time: 18.30 -22.30

The World Climate Summit – The Investment COP 2023

Hosted by the World Climate Foundation on 7th and 8th December, the World Climate Summit is the largest C-level business to business convening event alongside COP. The World Climate Summit facilitates the exchange of best practices and innovations across vital sectors crucial to decarbonisation efforts in the areas of energy, transport, buildings, industry, finance and nature.

Time: 08.00 -17.00

We Are the Possible: Music and Theatre Performance

Original music and theatre inspired by The 12 Poems for 12 Days of COP28, that have been co-created by scientists, health experts, educators, artists and young people from the UK and UAE. The Theatre of Others will perform Bright Light Burning; there will be music by BIMM Institute; and poetry performed by children from the UAE who took part in the Schools Across the Ocean project.

Time: 19.30 -20.45

We Are the Possible Showcase event

A partnership event with the University of Khorfakkan which will connect feelings, facts, and findings about our planet through performance, music, soundscapes, children’s voices and actions for the ocean, and poetry co-created between UAE and UK to bring us together and forge a greener, healthier, and fairer world. Opening remarks from President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lisa Roberts and Professor Ahmed Al Shamma’a, Chancellor of Khorfakkan University.

Time: 09.30 -13.30

Launch of Africa Climate Solutions: Investing in Infrastructure for Climate Resilience across Africa

A powerful new joint report with the Private Infrastructure Development Group on projected future climate change hazards across Africa, and how infrastructure can be used to reduce the risks and deliver on opportunities for climate-resilient development.

Time: 18.30 -20.30

Later Is Too Late: Tipping the Balance from Negative to Positive

The Global Carbon Budget shows emissions rising and time running out to deliver the Paris Agreement. As global warming pushes humanity closer to dangerous tipping points, our only way out is rapid CO2 emissions cuts and triggering positive tipping points

Time: 17.00 -18.30

We Are the Possible: Bright Light Burning Theatre Performance

An original theatre production inspired by We Are The Possible: 12 Poems for 12 Days of COP28, which was co-created by scientists, health experts, educators, artists and young people from the UK and UAE. Bright Light Burning has been developed by Professor Adam Marple, Co-Artistic Director of The Theatre of Others, and is designed to be performed with minimal wastage or environmental impact.

Time: 16.00 -17.00

The Future of Mining in Cornwall

An Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), the Department of Earth and Environmental Science (DEES) and the  Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals (Met4Tech) event.

The Camborne School of Mines (CSM), within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES) has been leading research on critical metals for many years, in partnership with local government, exploration companies and NGOs. In one of the current projects, the Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals (Met4Tech), is working with CSM and its partners to investigate how circular economy principles can be embedded within geomodels, in order to achieve a sustainable technology critical metals industry in Cornwall and elsewhere.

Time: 15.00 -17.00

GSI Panel Event – Sustainable and Just Food Transitions in Times of Uncertainty

Event hosted by the GSI and the Debating Society.

As we face unprecedented global challenges, it’s more important than ever to prioritize sustainable and equitable food systems. This event provides a unique opportunity for experts and industry leaders to collaborate on innovative solutions that support a healthy planet and population.

Time: 18.30 -19.30

World Oceans Day

Join us this World Ocean Day for a discussion on the impact of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), how healthy oceans benefit us all, what the High Seas Treaty could mean for the future, and what needs to happen now to ensure its success.

The discussion will be chaired by Professor Callum Roberts, Professor of Marine Conservation at the University of Exeter, Cornwall, with an expert panel of world-class marine researchers.

Time: 17.15 -18.30

Symposium: Ecological and Evolutionary drivers of pathogen emergence

Organised by the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) with the Centre for Ecology and Conservation (CEC).

Pathogen host shifts are a major source of emerging infectious diseases in humans, animals and plants. Despite the importance of understanding how pathogens are shared between hosts, there is still much to learn about the ecological and evolutionary drivers of pathogen emergence.

This two-day symposium will showcase the work being done by researchers from the University of Exeter and beyond providing an opportunity to discuss the cutting edge research with national and international colleagues.

Time: 00.00 -00.00

ESI celebrates 10 years

Retrospective and a look ahead to the next 10 years

Time: 13.00 -15.00