
by SARAH TAM The first UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) was held in 1995 – three years before Google was ever founded. Since then, world leaders have gathered yearly—from Cancun to Warsaw, Doha to Glasgow—to try to make good on commitments to limit global climate change. This year, APC’s Climate Collective Programme Lead Sarah Tam joined Singapore’s inaugural pavilion in Sharm El Sheikh to discuss how collaboration can catalyse climate solutions in Southeast Asia. COP27 in a snapshot Despite headlines about food and water shortages, 44,000 delegates from around the world touched down in Sharm El Sheikh—a coastal resort…