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The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: Climate In the G20 Leaders’ Communiqué (ECO 2, COP26)

2 Nov 2021

The G20 Leaders’ summit in Rome over the weekend may well have been mistaken for the set of a well-known spaghetti western with their climate rendition of the good, the bad and the ugly. The GoodIf the recovery from COVID-19 has taught us one thing, it’s that existential threats have no quick fix. So too […]

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Brazil’s NDC Magic: How To Increase Ambition Without Decreasing Emissions (ECO 2, COP26)

2 Nov 2021

ECO followed with mathematical curiosity Brazil’s announcement of its new NDC target yesterday. There we found a stunning exercise of number-crunching that might earn the Brazilian environment minister a Fields Medal, a Nobel Prize – or, more likely, a Fossil of the Day. The Brazilian government, lo and behold, has discovered a way to increase […]

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Nothing About Us Without Us: Indigenous Peoples With Disability Must Be Centred In Emerging Disability Constituency (ECO 2, COP26)

2 Nov 2021

Indigenous Peoples with Disability are affected first and worst by climate change – from floods, fires, and climate disasters that claim our lands and our lives, to eco-ableist climate action that advocates for a future where our communities are erased. The SustainedAbility Disability & Climate Network have been working for the establishment of a Disability […]

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Fossil of the Day (ECO 2, COP26)

2 Nov 2021

Well, here we are again. In for yet another roller coaster ride through the climate negotiations that are COP26. This time, direct from sunny Glasgow, with its stunning Victorian architecture, lively spirit and basically its own language and sense of humour. And so to business and back by popular demand, the first of our ‘Fossil […]

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Trick or Treat (ECO 1, COP26)

1 Nov 2021

Is this the summit where world leaders with a ghoulish climate record show up disguised as climate champions? But ECO also looks forward to hearing from some real champions: In fact, in Scotland it was customary at Halloween to not get ‘treats’ for simply showing up in costume, one had to actually perform (songs). Please […]

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COP26 must deliver on loss and damage finance (ECO 1, COP26)

1 Nov 2021

Now at 1.2 degree Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels, climate change is already causing havoc in countries around the world. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared the latest IPCC Climate Report a ‘Code Red for Humanity’, highlighting already overstretched and limited coping capacities. Loss and Damage – the impacts of climate change that were not […]

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The COP26 presidency risks its credibility on its commitment to ensure an inclusive COP (ECO 1, COP26)

1 Nov 2021

Over the past few months, the COP president, Minister Sharma, recognised that a fully inclusive conference was a prerequisite for success, and committed repeatedly to ensuring that COP26 would be the most inclusive COP ever organised. ECO emphatically agrees. The presence of civil society and Indigenous Peoples in the negotiations is essential for the legitimacy […]

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Enough is Enough: 12 years of failure (ECO 1, COP26)

1 Nov 2021

Since 2009, rich nations have over and over again promised to deliver US$100 billion per year by 2020. Yet over and over again, they have kept on failing. 12 years ago, the same year The Black Eyed Peas released I Got a Feeling, these wealthy nations set expectations and they failed. This is not someone […]

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Hunger Strikers Have a Message for President Biden At the World Leaders Summit (ECO 1, COP26)

1 Nov 2021

On the morning of October 20, five young people began a hunger strike outside the White House to demand that President Biden deliver on his commitment, made in the US NDC, to reduce emissions 50-52% by 2021. Despite health challenges, the hunger strike continues on to its 13th day for four of the youth. The […]

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Brazil and Article 6: The truth is out there (ECO 1, COP26)

1 Nov 2021

The Brazilian delegation has offered to help clear up some confusion about its Article 6 positions. The delegation has noted that some negotiators and observers of limited imagination have had difficulty understanding how a country with an economy-wide emissions reduction target in its NDC could also have emissions reductions “outside its NDC”. The Brazilian Head […]

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