NOVEMBER 10-21, 2025 · Belém, Brazil

UChicago at COP30

New Research and Insights

Corporate Climate Disclosure

New data platform unpacks the benefits of corporate climate disclosure.

The Future with Flooding

Learn how flooding from extreme rainfall and sea level rise will increase deaths.

Climate Change and the Future of Food

The Climate Impact Lab and UNDP released new data finding rising temperatures will dampen the world’s capacity to produce food.

What Americans Think About Climate

EPIC's 2025 poll with AP/NORC explored Americans' attitudes on climate change and their views on key climate and energy policies.

"Shocked," Our New Podcast

Listen to episodes on changing the earth’s atmosphere, making batteries out of sodium, the hard choices that come with sea level rise, and more.

A Grand Bargain for Climate

A proposal by Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Greenstone on elevating global action on climate adaptation and adaptation finance.

News from COP

The Human-Centered Weather Forecasts Initiative partners with AIM for Scale in their effort to expand digital advisory services to reach 100 million farmers by 2030.

Plus, read about Amir Jina’s time with Her Majesty Queen Mary of Denmark touring our research in the AgriZone, sponsored by the Gates Foundation.

News from COP

The 2025 Investment Update highlights the areas of the world that could benefit the most from funding to unleash air quality data and unlock national impacts, with the potential to extend the lives of billions.

COP30 Student Delegation

Nine University of Chicago students experienced three unforgettable packed days at COP30. The Institute sponsored a cohort of six College students and three master’s students from the Harris School of Public Policy and Booth School of Business, who were accompanied by Institute staff, as part of the annual delegation to the event.

“A lot of my classes have been focused on international climate agreements… The opportunity to attend COP30 has added an invaluable layer of nuance to my understanding of how this process works to create international climate action…Overall, going to COP allowed me to see the main topics of my major first-hand to better understand what happens during the actual negotiations at COP, as well as the work that is being done by NGOs, businesses, and other stakeholders in the climate space.” — Laura Bornhoevd, College ’28, Climate and Sustainable Growth Major