About
Behind Georgetown University Qatar’s efforts related to COP28 UAE.
Georgetown University Qatar
We are engaging with COP28 on multiple fronts, including:
- High-level conferences tied specifically to the themes of COP28
- Public sessions at COP28
- “Multiversity” events engaging students across Education City in Doha
- A student trip to participate in COP28
- Outreach efforts to help educate the broader community
In addition to information on these events, you’ll find here a collection of student work and experience.
Objectives and Purpose
Everyone speaks about youth engagement, but to be more than merely token engagement—to actually empower the younger generation to repair the intergenerational injustices they will face throughout their lifetime—higher education is critical. Georgetown University Qatar seeks to offer an experiential learning opportunity for its students, engaging the public, diplomats, and other experts now. The purpose is to shape the current trajectory of climate action in the Gulf region while at the same time preparing student leaders who will soon be climate decision makers. This year’s engagement will serve as a pilot to test out and design a robust, ongoing multiversity initiative.
3-Part Experiential Engagement:
Students will substantively learn about climate change and engage at COP28 via
- A 2-day, pre-COP educative boot camp held at GU-Q
- Participation as observers at COP28, including participation at Qatar’s Pavillion
- A post-COP debrief and public share-out
James Olsen, PhD
James (or “Jamie”) is an environmental ethicist and the COP28 Student Experience Trip Lead. He has an MA in International Affairs from George Washington University, with a concentration in conflict resolution and the Middle East, and a PhD in Philosophy from Georgetown University His primary focus in recent years has been environmental philosophy. He was a founding faculty member of Georgetown’s Core Pathways Curriculum on Climate Change and has taught in both philosophy and the Environmental Studies Program.
Arnav Raman
Arnav (or “Arnav”) works for Jamie as the Digital Education and Learning Student Assistant. Some of his responsibilities include research and evaluation of established and upcoming educational technology, analysis of artificial intelligence in an academic context, and bootstrapping new projects that Jamie is interested in undertaking as Manager of Instructional Design and Educational Technology. This website was ideated by Jamie and designed by Arnav.
