{"id":1296,"date":"2021-11-01T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsife-faculty-and-students-participate-at-the-cop26-climate-conference\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:22:37","slug":"usc-dornsife-at-cop26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsife-at-cop26\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Dornsife faculty and students participate at the COP26 climate conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                                              \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3572-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3572-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"USC Dornsife faculty and students participate at the COP26 climate conference\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Global leaders gather this month for COP 26 \u2014 the 26th \u201cConference of the Parties\u201d \u2014 to address climate change. 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<p>Representatives from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Glasgow, Scotland, in what is being billed as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ukcop26.org\/uk-presidency\/what-is-a-cop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world\u2019s last chance to get runaway climate change under control<\/a>.\u201d The goal of the 26th \u201cConference of the Parties,\u201d or COP26, is to avert runaway climate change by reaching agreements to aggressively reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases that are warming the planet and leading to a potentially calamitous future.<\/p>\n<p>USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is well represented at the conference, with faculty members and students playing roles as diverse as the College\u2019s education, scholarship and research.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/COP26_Dornsife_InStoryA-3572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"490\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">W\u00e4ndi Bruine de Bruin. (Photo: Courtesy of W\u00e4ndi Bruine de Bruin.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/psyc\/psyc_faculty_display.cfm?person_id=1058456\"><strong>W\u00e4ndi Bruine de Bruin<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is presenting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publicexchange.usc.edu\/public-understanding-of-climate-change-terms\/\">findings<\/a>\u00a0from a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publicexchange.usc.edu\/\">USC Dornsife Public Exchange<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/unfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN Foundation<\/a>\u00a0study showing how easily people misunderstand terms commonly used to describe climate change. As one study participant said, \u201cIt sounds like you\u2019re talking over people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The study is meant to help climate scientists, policymakers and even journalists communicate climate science more clearly so that nonexperts better understand the looming climate crisis and what can be done to prevent it.\u00a0Bruine de Bruin is the study\u2019s lead author.<\/p>\n<p>The study also informed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/3568\/guide-to-climate-change-jargon\/\">an article<\/a>\u00a0published this week in The Conversation that helps people understand climate change terminology that likely will be used at COP26 and by the media covering the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need everyday people to be able to understand climate change if we are going to build the kind of consensus the world needs to support meaningful action. To do that, experts need to communicate climate science in everyday language,\u201d said Bruine de Bruin, Provost Professor of Public Policy,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\">Psychology<\/a>\u00a0and Behavioral Science with appointments at USC Dornsife and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/priceschool.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Sol Price School of Public Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0journal\u00a0<em>Climatic Change<\/em>\u00a0published the study in its new <a href=\"https:\/\/saffrononeill.com\/si_cc_comms_ipcc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Topical Collection<\/a>, which\u00a0showcases the latest communications research and practices and their relevance to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (The terms used for the study were drawn from IPCC documents, although the study was conducted independently.) The IPCC is the world\u2019s leading source for information about the scientific basis for climate change, and its recent findings will help inform decisions made by policymakers who will attend COP26.<\/p>\n<p>Bruine de Bruin will be joined by IPCC Vice Chair Thelma Krug and other speakers. The presentation streams live from 2:30 to 4 p.m. GMT on Nov. 5 and can be accessed remotely through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/ipccgeneva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPCC\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/COP26_Dornsife_InStoryB-3572.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Joe Arvai\" width=\"473\" height=\"305\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe \u00c1rvai. (Photo: Marc-Gr\u00e9gor Campredon.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/psyc\/psyc_faculty_display.cfm?person_id=1097731\"><strong>Joe \u00c1rvai<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0travels to COP26 to serve as part of the delegation from the Washington, D.C.-based\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcseglobal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Council for Science and the Environment<\/a>. The organization works to elevate the role of science in decision-making, a mission that dovetails with \u00c1rvai\u2019s research focus on how people assess risk and make decisions related to the environment and sustainability. As a credentialed observer, \u00c1rvai, who is director of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/\">USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies<\/a>, headquartered at USC Dornsife, will provide input to policy makers at daily briefings and assess the latest approaches to protecting our environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an important milestone for the Wrigley Institute\u00a0because\u00a0on the one\u00a0hand, it will give international visibility to the insights and science we generate,\u201d said \u00c1rvai, who is also Dana and David Dornsife Chair and professor of psychology.\u00a0\u201cOn the other hand, the sessions and exhibitions will provide a great opportunity to bring insights back to inform the institute&#8217;s educational programs and research enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/COP26_Dornsife_InStoryC-3572.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Shannon Gibson\" width=\"315\" height=\"490\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Gibson. (Photo: Mike Glier.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1038417\"><strong>Shannon Gibson<\/strong><\/a> and a team of USC Dornsife undergraduate students are attending COP26 virtually, as observers, during a retreat hosted by the USC Wrigley Institute on Santa Catalina Island, just off the coast of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson, associate professor (teaching) of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife-poir.usc.edu\/\">international relations<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/environmental-studies\/\">environmental studies<\/a>, and her students are investigating how protests and grassroots activities impact language and communication about climate change at formal conferences like COP26. 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