University of California
at COP
The University of California is an observer organization accredited by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The status grants the university system the ability to participate in the international climate negotiations known as Conferences of the Parties, or COPs. The observer organization was founded in 1998 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, where it is based today.

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