Carleton Experts Available: COP30 UN Climate Change Conference
As world leaders begin to gather in Belém for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) beginning November 10, 2025, Carleton experts are available to comment on related topics. If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, please feel free to reach out to them directly. If you require other assistance, please email Steven Reid, Media Relations Officer, at steven.reid3@carleton.ca.
For other experts, please visit the Carleton Experts Database: https://experts.carleton.ca/
Elisabeth Gilmore
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University
Email: ElisabethGilmore@cunet.carleton.ca
Gilmore will be attending COP30 and is available to discuss issues related to climate adaptation, the global goal on adaptation and negotiations around transformational adaptation. She can also speak to issues on the translation of science into international climate policies.
Gilmore works at the intersection of technology, society, and policy to better understand and identify solutions to the complex problems posed by climate change and global environmental issues, like air pollution. Her research has focused on developing scenarios for integrated assessments of climate change, modelling human responses to environmental changes, and technological and societal transformations for mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
Note: Gilmore cannot speak to any specific position taken by the Canadian government.
For more on Gilmore, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/elisabeth-gilmore
Alexandra Mallett
Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University
Email: Alexandra.Mallett@carleton.ca
Mallett is available to discuss sustainability and climate change issues.
Mallett’s experience spans academia and the public sectors, working on the design, implementation and evaluation of energy, climate change and environmental policy.
Her research interests include examining the innovation, co-operation, and adoption processes involved in sustainable energy technologies, especially in emerging economies, Canada and the United States. Her research also focuses on changes in the governance of natural resources, with a particular focus on mining.
For more on Mallett, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/alexandra-mallett
Chris Russill
Professor, School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University
Email: Chris.Russill@carleton.ca
Russill is an academic director at Re.Climate, a centre for climate communication and public engagement which is housed at Carleton. His current work focuses on problems of disinformation and denial in their relevance to climate action.
Russill is available to discuss information integrity, disinformation, conspiracies, greenwashing, and anti-climate efforts, as well as the debates about the climate crisis and alarmism.
Russill co-edited Critical Approaches to Climate Change and Civic Action with Anabela Carvalho and Julie Doyle, a collection exploring conceptual invention in public forms of climate action. He has also edited Earth Observing Media, a collection engaging with the politics of Google Earth, digital globes, drones, radar, sonar, GPS, migration, missile photography, and satellite imaging.
He is an associate editor at Science and Environmental Communication and serves on the boards of Environmental Communication, Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication, and Communication Undisciplined. He teaches classes in climate change and communication.
For more on Russill, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/chris-russill
Media Contact
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Media Relations Officer
Carleton University
613-265-6613
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