Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Welcome to the Green Gown Award winning Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton!
This podcast explores the greatest and most wicked problem that is sustainability, whilst looking at how we are collectively addressing this critical global challenge.
Sustainability needs to be addressed by understanding how the economy, society, culture, politics and environment intersect, and this is the focus that informs each episode of the Meliora podcast.
In each episode, host Professor Simon Kemp and guest hosts are joined by a variety of guests, including academics, students, staff, researchers, alumni, community groups and business leaders.
The aim of the podcast is to shine a light on the vast range of topics surrounding sustainability and to allow listeners to learn about the critical challenges we face, as well as how they can be part of the solution. We also ensure our fantastic students have the opportunity to share their brilliant work with the world.
Podcast host: Professor Simon Kemp, Deputy Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, University of Southampton
Podcast editors: Jack Dinham, Ellie Howell, Mya Harvey, Lily Killner, Sophie Green, Libby Kale, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Podcast communications: Tyler Domone-Hollands, Hannah Parish, Alexander Ayerst, Maya Stevens, University of Southampton
Please do get in touch to discuss this podcast and any of the issues we raise by emailing sri@soton.ac.uk
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Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
COP: Cop it or Drop it?
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This student takeover episode of the Meliora podcast explores the effectiveness of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and attempts to answer the following question: “COP: Cop It or Drop It.” ?
This is achieved through an investigation into the 2 main COP legislations, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. We discuss the efficacy of these legislations to then evaluate their overall success in today’s world.
We explore the limitations, growing concerns around weak enforcement, insufficient national commitments and lastly highlight the key successes of these legislations. To illustrate these challenges, we also discuss concepts like carbon leakage and economic trade-offs.
Ultimately, this episode asks: is COP still fit for purpose, or is it in urgent need of reform to meet the global sustainability goals?
Roles and names of group members:
o Episode Host- Savana Mroue
o Episode Guests- Leilah O’Connell, William Taylor
o Episode Editor- Ethan Ward
o Episode researcher and main script writer- Carmen West
This episode is part of the Student Takeover Season on the Meliora Podcast and is a group project from the University of Southampton UOSM2043 Global Sustainability Challenges module.
