In their second year, ASLA has been an NGO observer to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) process.
Torey Carter-Conneen, CEO will be attending COP28 from December 5-10 while, Pamela Conrad, ASLA, LEED AP, Founder of Climate Positive Design and Senior Fellow will be in attendance from December 2-11. Additionally, landscape architect delegate of the Government of Thailand, Kotchakorn Voraakhom, International ASLA will also be in attendance from November 30-December 18. All three are experts in nature-based solutions, landscape architecture, and biodiversity, to name a few.
Delegates are looking to advance nature-based design solutions including biodiversity, livability, double carbon sequestration by 2040, resilience, and sustainable practices through COP28.