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Hss 404-065, H09, H11: Senior Seminar - Newark Narratives: Art/Culture/Site Literacies, Jon Curley

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Engl 101-021: Intro To Academic Writing, Roberta Blender

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Psy 321-001: Social Psychology, Abriana Gresham

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Psy 210-101, 103: Introduction To Psychology, Aruba Anjum

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Engl 102-025, 027: Intro To Research Writing, Sophia Manning

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Engl 101-081, 086: Intro To Academic Writing, Collin Jennings

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Psy 210-013: Introduction To Psychology, Nurys Delacruz

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Phasing Out Fossil Fuels And Accelerating Renewable Energy Resources, Pakiza Khalid

COP30

This paper examines the challenges and opportunities in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the phase out of fossil fuels and acceleration of renewable energy. The 3 areas of interest discussed are: fossil fuel subsidies, electric grid infrastructure and decarbonisation challenges in industrial and transport sectors. The two policy recommendations include development of a national just transition framework and integration of energy storage systems in grids. This paper is directly aimed at governments and policy makers.

Operationalising Blue Carbon: Australia's Framework As A Model For Global Nature-Based Climate Mitigation, Chelsea Golding

COP30

Blue carbon ecosystems offer a critical solution to nature-based climate change mitigation. These habitats not only sequester significant amounts of carbon per hectare but also support biodiversity and increase climate resilience for coastal communities. Yet, despite the widespread recognition of these benefits in global climate discussions, most existing carbon sequestration and crediting frameworks remain focused on terrestrial ecosystems and fail to account for the greater variability in marine and costal habitats. This policy gap creates a significant barrier in the capacity for costal carbon sequestration projects to be scaled globally. Australia has addressed this implementation gap at a national level …

Governing Emissions: The Global Potential Of Carbon Pricing, Maya Irem Ozbayoglu

COP30

In 2024, the world exceeded the Paris-approved 1.5 °C threshold for an entire year for the first time. This makes the issue of drastically reducing emissions worldwide ever more urgent. Despite having completed 29 UN climate summits thus far, besides ambitious pledges and agreements, such as the famous Paris Agreement signed at COP21, emissions have continued to rise. This may be because parties agree solely on a target without a complementary roadmap and/or set of policy-oriented tools which would drive the necessary changes. Hence, this paper examines the role of one concrete and relatively easy economic mechanism, namely carbon markets, …

Climate-Ready Health Systems: A Regional Strategy For Building Climate-Health Capacity In North Africa, Donia Khaled

COP30

North African nations are highly exposed to the climate-health crisis, facing combined risks that greatly impact vulnerable groups. These include repeated climate-related disease outbreaks, plus more heat waves and droughts. Existing health education and infrastructure aren't ready to handle these issues. A dual-track strategy to build regional climate-health capacity is proposed in this policy paper: A) integrate climate-health education into medical and public health curricula at all universities across North Africa; and B) launch a multilingual Continuous Professional Development (CPD) platform will develop health workers and students, adaptation through knowledge sharing, building local leadership, and ensuring fair access to resources. …

Driving Climate Mitigation And Health Equity In Rapid Test Diagnostics (Rdts): A Sustainable Biodegradable Patch Solution, Sarah Abozeid

COP30

Total energy-related CO2 emissions increased by 0.8% in 2024, hitting an all-time high of 37.8 Gt CO2, driven primarily by energy, transport, and industrial sectors. The healthcare sector, often overlooked in mitigation discussions, contributes 4.4% of total global GHG emissions, a footprint exceeding that of many countries. Disposal of petroleum-based plastics—especially through incineration—emits approximately 2.7 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) per tonne of plastic burnt. Production itself accounts for around 2.5 tonnes CO2 per tonne of

plastic, making the combined lifecycle emissions significant when including end- of-life incineration or decomposition. Around 16,000 tonnes of plastics are

produced globally for rapid …

From Policy To Power: How Denmark’S And Morocco’S Energy Successes Can Shape South Africa’S 2030 Transition Policy Paper (Mitigation), Yelyzaveta Umarova

COP30

Tripling global renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030 are now global priorities. These targets were formalised in the COP28 Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge (European Commission, 2023, para. 2) and will be central to COP30 implementation discussions in Brazil in November 2025. Despite committing to ambitious emission reduction targets in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) by 2030, the country’s current pace of energy transition is insufficient to meet the 1.5 °C goal (Climate Action Tracker, 2025). Various barriers, including Eskom’s debt and inconsistent policy implementation, have slowed progress (OECD, 2025). The International Energy Agency (IEA) …

Chambers Of Change: Students’ Unions As Civic Accelerators Of Ace, Bassem Helal

COP30

The transformative potential to incorporate students’ unions as an institutional gateway for the implementation of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) in higher education systems is discussed in this paper. Working on the outlines of the Glasgow Work Programme and prominent ACE frameworks as a basis of support, it asserts that student governments are structurally aligned with ACE goals, providing them procedural legitimacy, direct access to young people, and the capacity to put all six ACE pillars into practice: education, training, public awareness, public participation, access to information, and international cooperation. The study applies case studies from the University of Florida, …

Learning Platforms: A Future In Environmental Education Or A Motionless Present?, Nazareno Calvo

COP30

In a global context marked by the climate crisis, environmental education and training have taken a different path, adapting to current technologies. It is in these circumstances that learning platforms (from now on LP’s) emerge, changing the way we learn and perform around climate change. This type of web app can provide remote knowledge, and has taken on a growing role the last few years. However, despite their potential, challenges remain, such as inequality in digital access, poor variety of languages and cultural adaptation, a lack of media outreach, and the absence of assessments of their real impact on communities …

From Policy To Power: How Denmark’S And Morocco’S Energy Successes Can Shape South Africa’S 2030 Transition, Yelyzaveta Umarova

COP30

Tripling global renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030 are now global priorities. These targets were formalised in the COP28 Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge (European Commission, 2023, para. 2) and will be central to COP30 implementation discussions in Brazil in November 2025. Despite committing to ambitious emission reduction targets in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) by 2030, the country’s current pace of energy transition is insufficient to meet the 1.5 °C goal (Climate Action Tracker, 2025). Various barriers, including Eskom’s debt and inconsistent policy implementation, have slowed progress (OECD, 2025). The International Energy Agency (IEA) …

Silicon Sands & Swahili Shores: Coastal Climate Adaptation In Lusail City And Stone Town, Jana Ahmed Kamel

COP30

With 10% of the world’s population living in low-level coastal areas that are highly prone to erosion, they are in the midst of the climate conversation (McGranahan et al., 2007). Coastal cities in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) are increasingly exposed to climate-induced risks such as rising sea levels, extreme heat, and climate disasters. This paper examines two very contrasting pathways of adaptation. The first being Lusail City in Qatar, which is Qatar’s second largest city, built with the purpose of becoming a smart sustainability hub incorporating advanced engineering and digital infrastructure. Throughout the paper we slowly …

Adaptation Driven By Crisis: Leveraging Flood Risks And Policy Learning To Transform Netherlands’ Water Management Systems, Aleesha Mae Pasion Fortin

COP30

Current scientific research rings the warning bell: almost half of the human population experiences severe water scarcity at least half of each year, with climate-driven changes intensifying droughts, floods, and groundwater depletion. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) determines that water risks will rise rapidly with every degree of global warming (Caretta et al., 2022). The Global Commission on Adaptation argues that adaptation inaction can have astronomical economic and human expenses, while investment in water adaptation can produce high benefit-cost ratios and trillions in global net benefits (Global Commission on Adaptation, 2019). Article 7.1 of the Paris Agreement frames …

Advancing Ace Through South-South Technology Transfer. The Role Of Brics And G77 In Democratizing Climate Empowerment, Hamza Qaisar

COP30

The necessity to prioritise Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) and capacity building underscores the need for transformative and inclusive strategies to prepare for COP30 under Brazilian presidency. Of particular interest is the contribution of South-South technology cooperation, aptly illustrated by the BRICS and the G77, which together form a formidable alliance of developing nations sharing common developmental challenges and significant potential for innovation. This paper demonstrates how technology transfer and collaborative innovation among these coalitions can act as a strategic lever to operationalise the ACE agenda. Platforms led by BRICS and G77 can empower youth, Indigenous Peoples, and other marginalised …

Mitigation In Action: Carbon Neutrality Aim For Costa Rica's 2050 Aim, Marwan Sherif

COP30

The global aim of achieving carbon neutrality, reducing waste and limiting global warming through reducing greenhouse gases has been the most crucial aim for humanity to try and achieve. This could be done through mitigation using different methods, whether it is renewable energy adoption, waste-to-energy systems, recent negative emissions technologies, or even through carbon taxing. The aim is to scale up ambition and achieve the Paris agreement regarding the global warming limitation as well as the net-zero emissions target.[4] This paper addresses the problem that Costa Rica has been trying to tackle and how the country has been trying to …

Com 380-001: Music And Society, Gonzalo Valencia

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Hss 404-031, H07-2025: Senior Seminar - The Brick City -- How Newark Became Newark, Miriam Ascarelli

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Engl 102-011, 013, 015: Intro To Research Writing, Christina Gonzalez

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Engl 101-061, 063: Intro To Academic Writing, Alexandra Apuzzo

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Thtr 202-001: Acting Fundamentals, Emily Edwards

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Engl 102-H03: Intro To Research Writing - Honors, Kim Chen

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Com 312-101: Effective Communication, Michael Edmondson

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Engl 100-001: English Composition: Introduction To Academic Reading And Writing, Jennifer Fischl-Kruger

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Engl 102-019, 101, 103: Intro To Research Writing, Sabrina Mahfouz

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Engl 101-037: Intro To Academic Writing, Kyle Mednick

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