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Have You Ever Played Just Transition Bingo? / ¿Alguna vez has jugado al Bingo de Transición Justa? (ECO 9, COP26)
10 Nov 2021
You’d have been winning points galore in recent days. We’ve seen a raft of announcements in support of a socially fair move towards climate neutrality – a ‘just transition’ – at COP26. ECO likes it best when words are matched by actions. Luckily, that also seems to be the case. Two years after the launch […]
UK governments pushing fossil fuel projects / Los gobiernos del Reino Unido impulsan proyectos de combustibles fósiles (ECO 9, COP26)
10 Nov 2021
Like a bad magician, the UK government desperately wants people to look the other way as it tries to pull off a clumsy trick with one hand while doing something completely different with the other. Everybody can see the sleight of hand for what it is: blatant hypocrisy, “a do-as we say, not as we […]
29 Countries and Institutions To Shift Public Finance Out Of Fossil Fuels by 2022 / 29 países e instituciones abandonarán la financiación pública de los combustibles fósiles para 2022 (ECO 9, COP26)
10 Nov 2021
29 countries and institutions, including the United States, Canada, Mali and Costa Rica, have joined a United Kingdom-led commitment to end direct international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the end of 2022 and instead prioritize a clean energy transition. After a wave of commitments to end international coal finance, this is […]
Electric Cars are Needed, Sure, But What About Public Transport And Cycling? / Los coches eléctricos son necesarios, seguro, pero ¿qué pasa con el transporte público y la bicicleta? (ECO 9, COP26)
10 Nov 2021
It seems that COP26 Transport Day, is set to focus mainly on electric vehicles. Of course, a consensus on the pace of transition to zero emission vehicles is needed to meet climate targets. It is also clear that there is a need for a commitment to ensure all new car sales are restricted to zero […]
Fossil of the Day (ECO 9, COP26)
10 Nov 2021
US ranks first in the Fossil of the Day Award for failing to take basic steps to halt fossil fuel productionOnly last week in Glasgow, President Biden was talking sprints, marathons and finishing lines in the race to net zero. Seems like he’s had enough of those sporting analogies and is back to speaking the […]
It’s About People And Nature, Not Markets And Offsets / Lo primero es la gente y la naturaleza, no los mercados y las compensaciones (ECO 8, COP26)
9 Nov 2021
As we get into week 2, we continue to hear about the importance of Article 6. But ECO remains concerned that as Parties get bogged down in the technical details (which are important and ECO is happy to discuss them), they are forgetting about what’s really important and ultimately what it’s all about: people, a […]
Human Rights On The Chopping Block: What Does It Mean For Disabled People? / Los derechos humanos en la guillotina: ¿Qué significa para las personas con discapacidades? (ECO 8, COP26)
9 Nov 2021
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen the disastrous effects of systemic neglect of disabled people. We are overwhelmingly overrepresented in Covid-19 deaths, yet many countries have engaged in discriminatory medical triage protocols that treat disabled lives as acceptable losses. This clearly devalues our lives, as does many countries’ premature return to “normal” (including the […]
The Disappearing And Reappearing Rights Of Indigenous Peoples In Article 6 / La desaparición y reaparición de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas en el artículo 6 (ECO 8, COP26)
9 Nov 2021
ECO is happy to share this part of our publications with the Indigenous Peoples Caucus(IPO) to help amplify their voice. This article reflects the views of the IPO. Over the past week and half, Parties have been negotiating the terms of Article 6 and still struggle to agree on human rights language. In our opening statement, […]
Fossil of the Day / El fósil del día (ECO 8, COP26)
9 Nov 2021
First Fossil of the Day Award goes to the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia For the first Fossil of the Day in this second week of COP, we have a tie between Saudi Arabia and the UK for their sterling efforts in securing a weak new Work Programme on Action for Climate […]
Will Finance Flow? / ¿Fluirá el financiamiento? (ECO 7, COP26)
8 Nov 2021
Would you come to COP without your badge? Would you leave your house without your keys? Or your mask? These are things that you do automatically, because they are required and necessary, and doing them should be part of your muscle memory, without thinking too much. The same applies for keeping 1.5°C within reach. You […]