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 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29).  It will include the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP  29), the 19th meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties  to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 19), and the sixth meeting of the COP serving  as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 6) that will  convene to complete the first enhanced transparency framework and the  new collective quantified goal on finance, among other matters. The 61st  sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice  (SBSTA 61) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 61) will  also meet. 

You can find more information at https://sdg.iisd.org/events/2024-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-29/

"Our International Partnerships as a Source of American Leadership and Strength
Our allies and partners remain a source of enduring U.S. strength and competitive advantage, including in outer space. 
President  Biden approved classified Space Security Guidance in June 2023, which  directs the United States to increase integration with allies and  partners on space activities, operations, plans, capabilities, and  information sharing for mutual benefit in response to growing space and  counter-space threats and to protect U.S. forces from hostile uses of  space."
Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/12/20/fact-sheet-strengthening-u-s-international-space-partnerships/

"Professor emeritus at the University of California Santa  Barbara, Oran Young, is the Mohn Prize laureate 2024 for his leading  research and geopolitical work on the Arctic. During his extensive career, Oran Young has been a strong promoter of  geopolitical attention to the Arctic. He is a leader in studies of  international governance and environmental institutions, and the world's  foremost expert on these themes in the Arctic. As a political scientist and environmental researcher, he is  recognized for his interdisciplinary research on international  institution building, resource management and the human dimension of  climate change in the Arctic." 

Source:  https://iasc.info/news/arctic-community-news/1222-oran-young-awarded-the-mohn-prize-2024

Dr. Jenny L. Baeseman appointed as a member of the US National Academies of Sciences Polar Research Board for an initial 3-year term.  "The Polar Research Board has a long history of distinguished  service to the polar community. First established in 1958, the PRB  exists to promote excellence in polar science and to provide independent  scientific guidance to federal agencies and the nation on science  issues in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and cold regions in general. The  PRB strives to: make research in the polar regions more productive and responsive to the needs of the United States; maintain U.S. awareness of and representation in international science programs, and to

enhance understanding of issues in polar regions." Source: https://www.nationalacademies.org/prb/about#sl-three-columns-cac5ce1e-f614-4827-843c-7321687d6e5f