ATHENS COP SIMULATION 2022
The third UNFFFC Conference of the Parties simulation (Athens COP Simulation) was held in English, on December 10-11, 2021, under the agenda topic "The road to climate neutrality in the aftermath of COVID-19". Due to the pandemic, the event has held virtually through the Zoom platform.
35 undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as graduates, of Greek Universities took part in the event, representing the interests of various actors. Specifically, 29 countries were simulated pertaining to the blocks of developed (including EU member states), developing and least developed countries. 5 extra roles of important-to-the-international-climate-negotiations actors were also simulated, namely the EU as an organisation (1), as well as climate activists (2) and the fossil fuels lobby (2).
The participants had the chance to attend 3 preparatory lectures on the international and European institutional procedures and diplomacy and negotiation aspects, the agenda topic, as well as simulation procedural issues.
They received the Rules of Procedure of the simulation. They were also sent extra reading material for their respective policies. More specifically, each group of countries or actors received a profile elaborating on the positions of their roles, according to which participants negotiated during the sessions. You can find the material in the following links:
