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Multilateral Assessment, Part II – We’ve Got More Questions for You
9 Dec 2019
ECO is excited to see Annex I Parties participating in the multilateral assessment for their biennial reports. ECO welcomes the participation and thinks the multilateral assessment can be a great place to share lessons learned and experiences with other Parties in a constructive environment. We look forward to hearing your presentations and Q&A sessions throughout […]
Voices from the Front Lines: Nunavut – Silavut – Imaqput
9 Dec 2019
Our Land – Our Breath – Our Oceans By Johnny Issaluk, Arctic Ambassador, Explorer in Residence – Royal Canadian Geographical Society Growing up in Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet), Nunavut, Canada, on the west coast of Hudson’s Bay, I was graced with the traditions and riches of my Inuit culture. With a population of 300 people, my […]
Too Late for “Later” on Timeframes!
7 Dec 2019
ECO has a difficult life making choices sometimes. We grapple with choosing which sandwich to eat for lunch or which pavilion has the best coffee. So we sympathise with Parties who have spent a lot of time struggling to decide on their preference for common NDC time frames, debating between 5 years, 10 years, or […]
Half a Million March in Madrid to Bring Climate Strikes to the COP
7 Dec 2019
With fists up, banners high, and hearts ablaze with conviction, over 500,000 people took to the streets of Madrid last night to strike for climate action. ECO was on the Paseo del Prado to join the marchers €” led by the Fridays For Future youth movement €” and judging by the emptiness of IFEMA yesterday […]
The Sky is not for Shell: Side-event with Shell, BP and Chevron Leaves Many Protecting their Ears
7 Dec 2019
We’re almost halfway through COP25 and carbon markets remain the talk of the day. The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), which was co-founded by Shell, is going full speed ahead to keep markets high on the agenda. Yesterday, the IETA pavilion hosted six side events on the topic. This is no coincidence. Last year in […]
Part 2: When Your Negotiator Says ˜Why do We Need Loss & Damage Finance’? Who You Gonna Call? ˜ECO!”
7 Dec 2019
Yesterday ECO answered some developed countries” questions on why a new finance facility on loss & damage (L&D) was needed, how L&D should be defined, and why new and additional finance is needed to address L&D. Countries loved it so much that they asked ECO a few more questions. So, by popular demand, ECO is […]
The Erosion of Ice and Identity in the Arctic
7 Dec 2019
We all know the reason for our annual COP convergence: avoiding catastrophic climate change. The IPCC told the world that we have the next 10 years to close the emissions gap, but the message from National Inuit Youth Council President, Crystal Martin-Lapenskie, is “Inuit living in the Arctic don’t have 10 years. We are experiencing […]
Voices from the Front Lines: Loss and Damage: the Price of Carbon in the Philippines!
7 Dec 2019
On 2 December, category 4 typhoon Kammuri made landfall in the Bicol region of the Philippines. Several hours prior, Paula Guevara, a resident in the region, recalls a literal calm before the storm. Then she heard a whistling sound she had only previously heard during typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Her household then lost power. And […]
Australia Needs to Start its NDC at the Starting Line, Not Half-way Through the Race
7 Dec 2019
Imagine if in the Olympics you could get away with starting the race half way down the track. That is what Australia plans to do with its NDC €” to carryover a controversial “overachievement” from its modest Kyoto Protocol commitments to extinguish half the effort required to meet its very deficient 2030 target. Australia has […]
The Conversation Continues… OMGE! Convincing a Skeptic on “Automatic Cancellation”
7 Dec 2019
Welcome back! ECO’s conversation with an OMGE automatic cancellation skeptic was just too [lengthy][complex][exciting] for one day. Mandatory partial cancellation ensures that Article 6 goes beyond zero-sum offsetting (a principle and requirement under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. Mandatory partial cancellation is a process where buyers (like a country or an airline for compliance […]