Local to Global: Chile’s Road to COP30
Date & Time
Nov 4, 2025 09:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Description
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, Enviornment Minister
• Joerg Shaefer, Columbia Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Research Professor
• 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. Explore the full series and sign up for other events here: https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/join-columbia-global-centers-road-cop30
