BC@UNCOP—UN Climate Conference

Boston College once again sent a delegation of students and faculty to the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The 20 delegates were competitively selected from a pool of almost 300 applicants by a committee of faculty, staff, and students from across campus. The Schiller Institute is committed to producing outreach programming that extends the University's investment in sending a delegation to COP and allows students, faculty, and others to benefit from the delegate's time at COP. 

The Schiller Institute hosted its inaugural COP Symposium in March 2024 to highlight and share the experiences of Boston College’s COP28 delegation to Dubai. The half-day event consisted of a student panel, a faculty panel, and multiple exhibits where attendees interacted with delegates directly. The delegation designed the Symposium to be a “mini COP,” providing BC faculty and students who didn’t travel to Dubai with an opportunity to share in their experiences.

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Over the course of the Spring 2023 semester, the BC delegation of faculty and students that represented the university in Sharm El Sheikh will be delivering a series of programs to share their experience of attending COP27 and broaden the conversation about the pressing dangers of climate change and the ways we, as individuals and as a campus community, can addrees climate change through advocacy, scholarship and professional avenues.

Boston College students and faculty attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland—BC's first accredited delegation—and continue to work at reducing environmental and climatological harm caused by human activities.  Under the leadership of the Schiller Institute, every non-graduating student and faculty member regardless of rank was provided the opportunity to apply to represent BC at COP27. The invitation was sent to 17,000 people. We received over 350 high quality applicants from faculty and students. Slightly more than 50 were invited to the second round. Twenty were selected for the delegation with seven alternates.The selected group of students and faculty represents BC with a diversity of disciplines, experiences, and cultural perspectives.