COP 29 - UN Climate Change Conference Baku

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts who are both on-site at COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan (EST +9) from November 11-22. 

Shellyza Sajwani (English and French)

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law 

[email protected]

Professor Shellyza Sajwani's expertise covers the relevance of the pharmacy profession to climate change mitigation and adaptation, through both a Canadian and global health lens. Her areas of research cover planetary health and climate mitigation/adaptation  as they relate to pharmacy education , procurement, global health and pharmacy practice.

She is also the co-president of Canadian Association of Pharmacy for the Environment. She represented Canada on the first global climate change pharmacy policy by the International Pharmaceutical Federation. 

Valériane Thool (English and French )

Research chair on Sustainable, Responsible and Inclusive Trade, Faculty of Law 

[email protected]

Professor Thool's expertise includes:

• Expertise in international biodiversity law
• Public international law
• Carbon border adjustments, climate clubs, global carbon pricing, but I can certainly speak more generally about the COP.