On September 24th-25th, 2022, RUC and Tsinghua University successfully hosted the 7th Model Climate Change Conference of Parties (MCCCOP7).

Professors from RUC and Tsinghua University delivered detailed lectures on various aspects including environmental science, blockchain, entrepreneurship, ecological conservation, and animal protection etc.

The first day of the conference commenced with discussions on the GST agenda. During the informal consultation phase, delegates swiftly assumed negotiation roles, actively articulating their respective countries' positions and interests. After the speeches, the chairpersons summarized each country's expectations for negotiations.

During the afternoon sessions of the first day, delegates engaged in intense debates on issues such as equity in climate governance, guiding institutions, duration and cycle, degree of participation by various countries, and the level of information integration in the global inventory. Through several huddles and private communications, delegates reached consensus on some negotiation points regarding the primary elements in the global inventory (overarching elements) and the collection and integration of information (Activity A). However, there were still some core concerns on which consensus was not reached.

On the second day of the conference, during the negotiation phase of theGST agenda, delegates fiercely debated the issue of loss and damage in the global inventory. Model student representatives of some developed countries such as Singapore and the United States argued that the inventory should be limited to the losses and damages caused by climate change. However, model student representatives from developing countries such as Argentina believed that many countries lack the capacity to assess the causality between losses and damages and climate change, thus disagreeing with the restrictive adjective.

Delegates engaged in intense huddles, eventually reaching consensus to include a weakened restrictive adjective, considering issues related to losses and damages caused by climate change in the inventory. With the active efforts of delegates from various countries, the resolution on the GST agenda was smoothly passed.

During the negotiations on the second day, delegates conducted multiple huddles, completing negotiations on the Preamble, Definition, Scope, and Transparency in the NCQG resolution. Delegates had detailed discussions on the clear definition of climate funds and NCQG, eventually reaching consensus.

Additionally, key topics included balancing fund allocation between adaptation and mitigation, ensuring fair distribution among different regions of developing countries, and enhancing national ownership in financing. All parties agreed that NCQG should establish a common transparent framework applicable to all parties, providing information on commitments and donation execution of each party effectively and flexibly to promote transparency in actions and support.

At the conclusion of the conference, delegates submitted the draft guiding opinions of the global inventory to the plenary session of the 7th Model Climate Change Conference of Parties for deliberation and passed the resolution.

Chairs of each group delivered their respective feelings and closing statements at the closing ceremony. Special thanks were extended to Ms. Zhang Yongxiang, Chair of the Paris Capacity Building Committee, Professor Chen Minpeng from the School of Agriculture and Rural Development of RUC, and Associate Professor Teng Fei, Vice Dean of the Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy of Tsinghua University, who served as guest commentators for this conference.