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Green Climate Fund: from “If and When” to “How Much”
4 Jun 2014
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a cornerstone of the emerging architecture of the global climate regime. Just two weeks ago, the Board of the GCF surprised many observers when they reached agreement on the eight essential requirements for the GCF to begin to receive, manage, and disburse funds. This deprives those developed countries who […]
CAN is 25!
4 Jun 2014
CAN is turning 25 this year. That’s right, CAN has been fighting for the climate even before the UNFCCC was established. To celebrate this, we are organising a birthday party and we want you to join us. Come learn about what makes CAN special and engage in discussions with leaders of civil society on how we can strengthen the climate movement. We have always tried to influence […]
Welcome to Bonn!
4 Jun 2014
ECO welcomes Party delegates to Bonn. Now get to work! We know that you fully recognise the immense responsibilities you have at this session. Coming hot on the heels of the sobering IPCC Working Group 3 report, there should be no doubt that the following urgent tasks must be delivered at this Bonn Session: Close […]
Two Sides of the Climate Protection Coin: Phasing out fossil fuel emissions and phasing in 100% renewable energy!
4 Jun 2014
If the findings of the IPCC’s AR5 were not enough of a call to action, the melting of a major section of the West Antarctic ice sheet now appears irreversible. This is yet another reminder about the extent of climate impacts to which society is already committed and that critical tipping points are now being […]
Vale Gaines Morrow Campbell III
5 May 2014
The climate movement has lost one of its brightest lights. Gaines Morrow Campbell III, co-chair of the Climate Action Network-International Board of Directors for five years, passed away on the Fourth of May, 2014, in Brazil after a lengthy illness. Gaines was a long-time climate change specialist at Brazilian NGO Vitae Civilis. Originally from Philadelphia, in the US, […]
Post-2020 contributions — information needed!
14 Mar 2014
ECO appreciates the efforts made by several countries in their submissions this month to address the issue of the types of information Parties should submit with their initial post-2020 nationally determined mitigation contributions. A paper launched this week by the World Resources Institute outlines how this information could vary for countries whose contributions are in […]
Kicking coal – one court case at a time
14 Mar 2014
So, an Italian judge, a Beijing provincial official, a London banker and an Australian firefighter walk into a bar… Sounds like the start of a bad joke doesn’t it? It is, and all of these people get that the continued use of coal would be the worst joke of all. Earlier this week an Italian […]
2015 Agreement lost and damaged without adaptation?
14 Mar 2014
ECO has noted with pleasure that this week many Parties provided their initial views on the role of adaptation and loss and damage in the 2015 agreement. There’s no doubt whatsoever that these two elements are integral to the 2015 agreement. The agreement simply cannot ignore the growing evidence of how increasingly severe climate change […]
ECO: An open letter from ECO
14 Mar 2014
Dear developed countries, and other Parties, With all this talk of reviews and ratcheting during Bonn, ECO would like to strongly remind developed country Parties that the first opportunity to in fact test these mechanisms would be during the forthcoming session in June. With the KP and ADP Ministerial’s looming large, ECO wants to […]
See you in Bonn, with your homework done!
14 Mar 2014
ECO hopes that the climate gets what it needs in 2014, a year of ambition as we delivered a good draft text for Paris. After this year’s first UNFCCC meeting, it’s clear that much more effort will be needed for 2014 to be a success. Below a few things ECO hopes delegates will focus on […]