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Typhoon Kammuri a Déjà vu Moment?
4 Dec 2019
Is the COP facing a déjà vu mom ent? As Typhoon Kammuri threatens the Philippines, are we about to see a repeat of the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013? It was Typhoon Haiyan’s impact on the people of the Philippines that mobilized global cooperation around the urgency to respond to irreversible loss and damage […]
Koronivia: The Story is in the Soil
4 Dec 2019
It can be all too easy to accuse UNFCCC negotiations of being somewhat lofty and distant from the issues on the ground. But we’re pleased to share that the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) is proudly bucking that trend with a workshop this week on a topic that goes in the opposite direction€¦ Yes, […]
Filling your Shopping Cart to Get Article 6 Right. Item 1: Human Rights
3 Dec 2019
Dear Negotiators, you”ve seen your Article 6 shopping list, now ECO’s here to help you read the labels and understand exactly what it entails. Because you don’t want to buy the wrong thing – and knowing the details will help you make the right purchase. In Article 6, it is crucial to get everything right […]
Are we Leaving Disabled Persons Behind in the Climate Crisis?
3 Dec 2019
Today is the International Day of Disabled People, which revolves around the theme “Promoting the participation of Persons with Disabilities and their leadership: taking action on the 2030 Development Agenda”. The latter is an agenda that involves leaving no one behind. Yet, disabled people are already being left behind in the climate crisis and the […]
Voices from the Front Lines: For All Life – On the frontlines of Papua
3 Dec 2019
“For all life” €“ this was the cry echoed across the opening of both the Indigenous People’s Pavilion and the Plenary on day one of COP25. “For the lives of our children, our grandchildren, and future generations.” This seems a simple sentiment , but for those defending environmental justice and human rights on the frontlines, […]
How Much Longer Can We Ggnore Loss and Damage?
3 Dec 2019
The Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) was set up to address the devastating loss and damage in the most vulnerable developing countries. But 6 years later, it is clear that this international mechanism has become little more than a talk shop with minimal on-the-ground benefit to the most vulnerable. When Typhoon Idai swept through Mozambique, the […]
A #StepUp for Ambition Means a Giant Leap for Humankind
3 Dec 2019
Here at the “People’s COP” it is the people’s position that all Parties should be shooting for the stars by at the very least signalling their intention to increase ambition to their fair share, in line with 1.5ºC. With developed countries taking the lead. The scientific reality lit up the sky over Katowice last year […]
We Burn, You Pay: Brazil’s Brand New Negotiation Tactic
3 Dec 2019
Brazil’s Environment minister Ricardo Salles is taking a two-week break from all the trouble back home and enjoying the good wine and tapas in Madrid. In his spare time, he embarrasses his country’s professional diplomats by trying to play negotiator. His tactic: to blackmail richer countries into paying Brazil for burning down the Amazon rainforest. […]
Voices from the Front Lines
2 Dec 2019
Australia burned this spring. Not the regular fires that the country sees every year at the height of summer, but a conflagration. These were fires so hot they started their own thunderstorms, with associated lightning starting yet more fires. At one point, the combined fire front was 6,000 kilometres long. If you drove from Bonn […]
Not Chile but Spain will host our Latin COP: We have some issues
2 Dec 2019
We want some resonance. A resonance that could amplify Latin American perspectives, visions, and challenges at this so-called “Latin COP”. But here we are, yet again in Europe €“ for another year. Here, we are leaving representatives from different constituencies behind, in just another example of carelessness and insensitivity to the people and peoples who […]