Collaborative Conference: The Road to Glasgow: A Pre-COP Conference for the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education

气候变化是一个复杂的全球问题，需要合作参与。虽然高等教育中的学生长期参与气候行动，有些学生参加了联合国气候变化框架公约(气候公约)缔约方年度会议，以了解全球气候谈判，但尚未作出协调努力，将这些学生聚集在一起，相互学习和分享经验；也没有协调一致的努力，培训学生如何与缔约方会议参与者直接互动。通过为学生创造一个跨文化和多机构的机会，缔约方会议前会议将成为在本国校园和全球舞台上由青年领导的气候行动和创新的起点。“通往格拉斯哥缔约方会议前学生会议”(下称“缔约方会议前”)将于2021年10月28日至30日在联合王国德比举行，实际上将在苏格兰格拉斯哥缔约方会议第26届会议之前举行。领导这项工作的PI来自YEA网络，这是一个跨学科、多机构的国际本科生物学教育研究协调网络，专注于为理科和可持续发展专业的学生提供关于环境谈判和政策的真实世界经验。缔约方会议前将使科学和可持续发展相关学科的学生做好准备，以便积极参与和促进缔约方会议26。首先，将向学生介绍国际环境谈判的文化和结构以及缔约方会议进程。第二，跨学科学生小组将在广泛的专题范围内制定行动计划，目的是加强青年在高等教育和国际政策框架中的协同作用。第三，将指导学生在COP26上通过新闻发布会和在会外活动(如美国国家展馆)上的演讲来介绍这些想法。最后，与会者将分享在缔约方会议前产生的想法以及他们在缔约方会议第26届会议上与本国校园的第一手经验。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Climate change is a complex global problem that demands collaborative engagement. While students in higher education have long participated in climate action and some have attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) annual Conference of the Parties (COP) to learn about global climate negotiations, there has yet to be a coordinated effort to bring those students together to learn from each other and share their experiences; nor has there been a concerted effort to train students in how to interact directly with COP participants. By creating a multicultural and multi-institutional opportunity for students, the Pre-COP conference will become a launching pad for climate action and innovations led by youth at their home campuses, as well as on the global stage.The “Road to Glasgow Pre-COP Student Conference” (hereafter “Pre-COP”) will take place in Derby, United Kingdom, as well as virtually, October 28-30, 2021, immediately preceding COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. The PIs leading this effort are from the YEAH Network, a transdisciplinary, multi-institutional, international Research Coordination Network for Undergraduate Biology Education that focuses on providing real world experience on environmental negotiations and policy for students in science and sustainability majors. The Pre-COP will prepare students in science and sustainability related disciplines to participate actively in, and contribute to, the COP26. First, students will be introduced to the culture and structure of international environmental negotiations and the COP processes. Second, interdisciplinary student teams will generate action plans within broad thematic topics with the goal of enhancing synergies between youth in higher education and international policy frameworks. Third, students will be guided to present these ideas at the COP26 via press conferences and presentations at side events (e.g., the U.S. country pavilion). Finally, participants will share the ideas generated at the Pre-COP as well as their firsthand experience at COP26 with their home campuses.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.