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OMGE! Convincing a Skeptic on “automatic cancellation” (Part 1 of 2)
6 Dec 2019
Congratulations! You actually decided to read the first sentence of this ECO article, after seeing such an “eye-glazing” Article 6 concept. To make sure that Article 6 goes beyond zero sum offsetting, ECO believes that the only real way to achieve this principle (and requirement under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement) is through “automatic […]
Keep it in the Ground!
6 Dec 2019
While there is no formal space in the negotiations to talk about the one thing the climate needs most €“ the rapid and equitable phase out of all fossil fuels €“ there has been a flourishing ecology of side events making just this point. Yesterday, there were several debunking the curious idea that, in a […]
You have One Job (for the 25th time): Respond to the People and the ScienceYou have One Job (for the 25th time): Respond to the People and the Science
6 Dec 2019
COP decision text might not always be Shakespeare, but it is how the countries of the world express their collective will and intentions on climate change. With the world teetering on the edge of total disaster, and with less than one year to decide whether to lock in NDCs that commit us to more than […]
Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus
6 Dec 2019
ECO is happy to share this part of our platform with the Indigenous Peoples Caucus to help amplify their voice. Kia ora, bula, tabea, buorre beaivi, ya”ateeh, Indigenous greetings to you all. With everything that is on the line this year, with these negotiations and the push by countries to accept a bad agreement, rather […]
Natural ecosystems: a Real Solution to the Climate Crisis
6 Dec 2019
The huge forest fires raging across many countries send a clear signal €” we need to keep our natural ecosystems intact or risk losing the fight against the climate emergency. Indeed, the IPCC 1.5 report was unequivocal: we cannot keep global warming below 1.5°C without tackling the crisis facing nature. ECO notes the buzzword “nature-based solutions” […]
Climate Finance Reporting QUIZ
6 Dec 2019
Climate Finance Reporting QUIZ Think you know all about climate finance? Think you understand what’s at stake in new rules for reporting? Take ECO’s TRUE or FALSE quiz to find out€¦ Close to 60% of all climate finance in 2017 was in the form of loans -> TRUE And not only that, loans which amounted […]
Natural ecosystems: a Real Solution to the Climate Crisis
6 Dec 2019
The huge forest fires raging across many countries send a clear signal €” we need to keep our natural ecosystems intact or risk losing the fight against the climate emergency. Indeed, the IPCC 1.5 report was unequivocal: we cannot keep global warming below 1.5°C without tackling the crisis facing nature. ECO notes the buzzword “nature-based […]
Fossil of the Day
6 Dec 2019
The US and Russia Looks like the US and Russia share more than the ability to bully other countries, rig elections, and lead in climate-wrecking oil and gas production! They want to make loss and damage weak again The US gets the fossil for opposing that money reach vulnerable communities through the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) […]
Fossil of the Day
5 Dec 2019
At this rate, fossil awards will run out! Several countries awarded the Fossil of the Day again! Bosnia and Slovenia rank first! Slovenia wants to fund Bosnia’s coal addiction through Slovenian NLB Banka, partly owned by the government, and partly by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. That is unheard of! If your brother […]
Conquering Global Carbon Markets
5 Dec 2019
Article 6 negotiators still have a mountain of issues to climb in order to close all the loopholes threatening to undermine post-2020 carbon markets. Success is not measured in getting an agreement for the sake of saying it is done. Rules that undermine the Paris Agreement does not feel like a definition of success. Success […]