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REDDlock on Safeguards
6 Dec 2014
Civil society, indigenous peoples, donors and the private sector all agree there is a need for further guidance on safeguards. And most Party submissions recommended further guidance on the provision of information (i.e. reporting) on how safeguards are being “addressed and respected” to ensure its “transparency, consistency, comprehensiveness and effectiveness”. Yet Parties have failed to […]
Mind the adaptation $ gap
6 Dec 2014
ECO became very dizzy from just flipping through the pages of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report launched yesterday: even with emission cuts to keep the world below 2°C, climate change adaptation is likely to cost developing countries $150 billion a year during 2025-2030 and could climb as high as $500 billion by 2050. Put this […]
No Coal in the Green Climate Fund!
6 Dec 2014
ECO is troubled by recent revelations about bilateral finance for coal-fired power plants being counted towards climate finance obligations under Fast Start Finance. ECO is also concerned that the Green Climate Fund Board has not explicitly ruled out the possibility that the GCF might fund fossil fuel projects. It seems painfully obvious that something called […]
Is there room for negotiations in the climate negotiations?
5 Dec 2014
In the middle of widespread and growing dissatisfaction among developing countries with what can best be described as the “non-negotiating process” taking place here in Lima, there could be some encouraging developments on finance in the works. Yesterday afternoon in the ADP, the co-chairs finally allowed Parties to see each other’s texts on the screen […]
Will the Paris Agreement have a Dark Side?
5 Dec 2014
The ADP decision text contains a very important issue for the future of the climate regime. Yet ECO so far has the impression it might well be kept hidden in the Dark Annex Side of the decision text. Without the ADP Decision’s Annex’s common elements for the INDCs, anything can, and probably will, be submitted […]
Argentina takes baby steps toward Renewables
5 Dec 2014
ECO welcomes Argentina’s early moves towards achieving 8% of its power from renewable energy sources by 2017, and 20% by 2025. Many civil society organisations and grassroots movements gathered outside Argentina’s National Congress to support renewable energy as this important bill was approved. The bill proposes to accelerate the development of alternative sources of energy […]
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5 Dec 2014
Dear delegates, how much do you love accounting? We have, at most, 1000 billion more tonnes we can emit, so we’d better start to count carefully if we want to avoid a dangerous situation. It is high time that Parties start putting on their accounting hats under the ADP. It is expected that only clear […]
Can Lima close the gap? No, not that one!
5 Dec 2014
We all know that there are a lot of gaps – from emissions and ambition to finance and capacity – but we’re sorry to inform you that there is one you may have overlooked: gender. Gender is one of the foremost social categories in determining roles, experiences and perspectives in society. Gender gaps exist in […]
5 is the magic number
5 Dec 2014
Currently missing from the draft ADP decision text is one of the most important elements that needs to be agreed if Paris is to avoid locking us into a high carbon world until 2030. Options for commitment period length, including the all-important 5 years, are rightly expressed in the ADP non-paper. However, the crucially important […]