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Adrian lends his wisdom on climate communications in Guardian Live Q&A
30 Apr 2015
On Thursday 30th April Adrian Yeo, our Leadership Development Fellow from South East Asia will join a panel of experts for a Guardian Q&A entitled: What are the best ways to communicate climate solutions? Climate communications can be a tricky busieness, so this Live Q&A seeks to shed some light on the most effective ways to get our our […]
Weight on young shoulders. Introducing Amit, our Leadership Development Fellow in the Pacific
10 Apr 2015
Climate change is a problem deeply affecting the Pacific Island countries. As young professionals we have weighty expectations on our shoulders. We are expected, with the support of our elders, to find ways to make our communities more resilient and enable those younger than us to be free of an unsafe and insecure environment created […]
Weight on young shoulders. Introducing Amit, our Leadership Development Fellow in the Pacific
10 Apr 2015
Weight on young shoulders. Introducing Amit, our Leadership Development Fellow in the Pacific
10 Apr 2015
In the time machine – a short history of CAN South East Asia
8 Apr 2015
Whilst working on CANSEA’s new website, Leadership Development Fellow Adrian Yeo got the chance to dig through the archives and realised how CANSEA has had to ‘adapt’ over the years… CANSEA was established in 1992 with CAN members from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. The first Steering Committee meeting was held the following year. […]
The ad-hoc what? Reflecting on the Geneva 2015 ADP session
13 Mar 2015
Neoka Naidoo, Leadership Development Fellow from South Africa reflects on her experience of the February 2015 ADP session in Geneva. Firstly, getting our terms out the way. ADP stands for The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP), – what a mouthful! On behalf of Project 90 and as a […]
Same-same but different? South East Asia’s INDCs
2 Mar 2015
Leadership Development Fellow Adrian Yeo, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, gives us his take on how civil society is influencing the region's climate commitments. The UNFCCC has decided that each country must produce an ‘Intended Nationally Determined Contribution’ (INDC), which will form the foundation for climate action post-2020. They should include specific measures or projects countries will […]
INDCs for Parties
13 Feb 2015
Parties: as you return home to do your INDC homework, ECO reminds you that sequencing is important. Remember to do so on your commitments on finance, mitigation and adaptation assignments, and to do so with fairness and equity in mind. For the first batch of students with submissions due in March, your tasks are clear: […]
There are still new ideas under the sun – If you know where to look…
13 Feb 2015
Dear delegates, after an [exhausting][exhilarating] week here in Bonn some of you might be feeling tapped out of new [ideas][text]. But ECO is here to assure you that there are some new-old and new-new ideas still out there to be taken advantage of in finance. The UNEP Adaptation Gap report gave the full rationale for […]