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Experts: COP 29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan 

Published: 11 November 2024

Government leaders, scientists and activists are convening in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29). Dubbed the “Finance COP,” this year's summit aims to mobilize financial support to help lower-income countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  

Experts from 91 are available to comment:  

Peter Douglas, Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, can comment on the role of methane emissions and carbon-cycle feedbacks in climate change, for example. carbon emissions from permafrost. 

peter.douglas [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)  

Eric Galbraith, Full Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, investigates how humans are both an integral part of the Earth system and are dramatically modifying the planet’s surface and life upon it. 

eric.galbraith [at] mcgill.ca (English, French, Spanish) 

Sanjith Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Operations Management and Director of the Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI), can comment on Scope 3 greenhouse-gas emissions, sustainable supply chains and corporate accountability in carbon management. 

Sanjith.gopalakrishnan [at] mcgill.ca (Բ)

Blane Harvey, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education, can comment on transdisciplinary sustainability research; collaboration and collective learning; international development; research policy.   

blane.harvey [at] mcgill.ca (English, French) 

Cynthia Kallenbach, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, studies how soil and microbes interact to affect carbon and nutrient cycles, particularly in response to land use and climate change 

cynthia.kallenbach [at] mcgill.ca (Բ)

Bruno Tremblay, Full Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, studies climate change’s impact in the Arctic. 

bruno.tremblay [at] mcgill.ca (English, French) 

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