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jennifer cooper

  • COP 4 KIDZ

    Hello Kids! Would you like to know a little bit more about “COP”? If so, read on! “COP” stands for “Conference of Parties”. But it’s not a party at all! It is a huge meeting of the people who run… Continue reading

  • Legacy…

    Today was the “rest day” at COP; the venue is always closed during the middle day. So this morning we took a trip to the “old city” of Baku by metro, free for anyone with a COP pass! Interesting point… Continue reading

  • Collapsing COP

    After last night’s BBC headline about human rights organisations sending an open letter questioning the continued existence of, and corruption of, COP, it looked this morning as though it had actually collapsed! Well, Baku is known as “the windy city”,… Continue reading

  • Action not words

    Actions were the order of the day in Baku; anti-war, pro-finance, pro-just transition, anti-nuclear (although I also spotted a pro-nuclear protest…but there were very few in attendance at this one). Having started the day with a cold shower thanks to… Continue reading

  • Trillions not billions

    Today was “finance day” at COP and with the link between climate and military funding we wore white to demand peace (I don’t think many people noticed the massive brown mark on my pale dress caused by a big spillage… Continue reading

  • If you want to go far, go together!

    Today had a theme of union solidarity and just transition through workers’ rights…well, that’s what we’re here for so why not? I passed the usual women workers on my way to the shuttle bus stop, sweeping the roads with their… Continue reading

  • Crystal rain falls…

    Walking miles and miles around the COP today and passing repeated slogans adorning the walls, seen at every COP for twenty years, I know I was not alone in occasionally thinking “What’s the point?!” …particularly knowing the times we are… Continue reading

  • Touch down

    While my fellow UK TUC delegate Tony was having his first day at the COP (follow his blog here: #COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan – SusTonybility), I was flying in. I was also spending hours waiting in Istanbul… Finally arrived in… Continue reading

  • Baku here we come…

    With roughly half the citizens of the most powerful country in the world now wishing they could escape and the other half happy that their incoming criminal leader will try to stop the entry of those escaping from elsewhere, representatives… Continue reading

  • We are the seeds

    Today a recording came through of an interview I forgot to mention yesterday with the Ministry of Eco-Education; this was done so teachers in the UK could zoom into the COP! Meanwhile I travelled one more time on the metro… Continue reading