How a Worcester student ended up at COP28, the world's largest climate conference

After two weeks of talks in Paris, diplomats from 195 countries have agreed on a blueprint to keep global temperatures from rising 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels, reports the Guardian.

The agreementthe first time the words "fossil fuels" have been mentioned in 28 yearsis a big step forward, but it's only a start, according to a senior biomedical engineering major at Massachusetts' Worcester Polytechnic Institute.enza Bezzat tells NPR's Arun Rath that "there is still this disconnect between the innovation that surrounds climate change and the communities it helps."

She says it was "amazing" to hear young people from around the world talking about how climate change has affected their lives.

Bezzat's group was working with students from the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates as part of a project studying how culture influences sustainability.

The group interviewed students on campus, then compared their findings to cultural understandings.

"We were talking about how the youth can become more engaged, active, and motivated to talk action against climate change," she says.

"It was a really diverse group of students, and it was amazing to hear."



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