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Cover(up) Decisions Or Breakthroughs? / ¿Decisiones ocultas o avances? (ECO 7, COP26)
8 Nov 2021
On Sunday, the Presidency released a first draft of the proposed elements for the Cover Decision to be adopted at the end of the week. These decisions will provide the main political signal coming out of Glasgow and will therefore be essential in assessing whether the COP ends with a vision or a cover-up. This […]
Fair For 1.5°C: a Must-Read For EU Ministers For COP26 Week 2 / Justicia para 1,5 ° C: una lectura obligada para los ministros de la UE para la segunda semana de la COP26 (ECO 7, COP26)
8 Nov 2021
Dear EU ministers, welcome (back) to Glasgow! Many of you have been here with your heads of states and governments less than a week ago (or have stayed on). Entering the final days of COP26, a lot is at stake to achieve an outcome which advances a fair approach to Fair for 1.5°C, and as […]
Stop Climate Madness – Pay Up For Loss and Damage! / Detengan esta locura climática: ¡Paguen por las pérdidas y los daños! (ECO 7, COP26)
8 Nov 2021
Today, it is exactly 8 years ago that super-Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, made landfall in the Philippines. As one of the deadliest Philippine typhoons on record, it killed at least 6,300 people in that country alone and led to economic damages of about US$2.2 billion in the country. […]
Sorry, We Have Some Questions! / Disculpen, ¡tenemos algunas preguntas! (ECO 7, COP26)
8 Nov 2021
The negotiations for the Global Stocktake (GST) during COP26 are now over. Congratulations! This means we are beginning the first GST process. Now we are on our way to technical dialogues, submission phases, workshops, data analysis, output production… So we still have a lot to do. And by “we”, ECO means all possible actors at […]
Adaptation – The Quiet Giant / Adaptación – El gigante silencioso (ECO 7, COP26)
8 Nov 2021
If only it was all like Adaptation. As controversies rage around us, your ECO Adaptation correspondent sits in the calm of the sort of gentle, collaborative and determined consensus building that should characterise all climate negotiations. If only. Adaptation is the quiet giant of the convention. The Nairobi Work Programme, the Adaptation Fund, National Adaptation […]
Climate Justice Isn’t a Hashtag – First Nations Leadership Is the Only Way To a Safe Climate / La justicia climática no es un hashtag: el liderazgo de las primeras naciones es el único camino hacia un clima seguro (ECO 7, COP26)
8 Nov 2021
Can you be shocked and not surprised at the same time? It’s one thing to hear the term “climate colonialism” and it’s another to see and feel it up close. It oozes out of every plenary, every action room, nearly every side event at this COP – and is propagated by governments, corporations, and I’m […]
Resisting the Inevitable: The Saudi Arabian Dilemma / Resistir lo inevitable: El dilema de Arabia Saudí (ECO 7, COP26)
8 Nov 2021
The Gulf region is rich in fossil fuels, which have been the driver of its economy for decades. Fossil fuels therefore have a deep-rooted social license, and national fossil fuel companies are a source of national pride. Of course, this has contributed to climate denialism over the last three decades, despite the impacts that have […]
An End To Empty Promises On Nature And Forests? (ECO 6, COP26)
6 Nov 2021
Unlike the food options at the venue, the Glasgow initiatives include an astonishing array of new announcements to scale up forest and “nature” climate action. Yay! Amazing, right? But, hold on… doesn’t this sound familiar? Let ECO look back for a moment at all the forest climate initiatives of the last decades and see if […]
A Fair Share Fossil Phase Out (ECO 6, COP26)
6 Nov 2021
In his opening remarks this week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “our addiction to fossil fuels is pushing humanity to the brink. We face a stark choice: Either we stop it — or it stops us”. ECO sees this as yet more evidence that the world needs to tackle fossil fuels head on. The challenge is […]
Fossil of the Day (ECO 6, COP26)
6 Nov 2021
First Prize goes to Brazil First place in today’s Fossil of the Week goes to Brazil, for its ghastly and unacceptable treatment of indigenous people. On Monday, indigenous activist Txai Suruí, was lauded for her powerful conference speech telling world leaders about the impact climate change is already having on her tribe. Unfortunately, this didn’t […]