Local to Global: Chile’s Road to COP30

Leading environmental experts from Chile will discuss the country’s most pressing climate challenges and how they connect to global negotiations in the lead up to COP30.

Speakers:

• Maisa Rojas, Environment Minister

• Joerg Schaefer, Columbia Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Research Professor and Founding Director of the trans-disciplinary Columbia-Catolica research and education program “The water crisis of Santiago”

• Robert Currie, Director of Environmental Strategy at Azerta, lawyer who led the effort in writing Chile’s Climate Change Law • Francisca Quevedo, Youth Focal Point Moderator:

• Andrea Obaid, journalist specialized in climate and science.

This event is part of a global series, Road to COP30: Local Voices, Global Pathways, hosted by the Columbia Global Centers. Each week, one of the Columbia Global Centers convenes an online event that looks at the big questions shaping local climate conversations and how they connect to global climate negotiations.