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Gender Action Plan, let’s pump-it-up!
21 Jun 2019
Still don’t grasp what the GAP is all about? What if we tell you that advancing gender mandates will give a real boost to your climate action? Parties have just spent the last 4 days reviewing what has been achieved under the Gender Action Plan (GAP) so far and guess what? Implementing the GAP is […]
Less is more on the New York scene this fall
21 Jun 2019
Are you also a Head of State stressing out about what to pack for the climate summit in September? Fear not. ECO has everything you need to know on this year’s most important trends. As you know Secretary General António Guterres has asked Heads of State not to bring speeches but to bring action plans […]
Move out of the way CIFs – Let the New Kid on the Block Shine
21 Jun 2019
It is tough to be the new kid on the block, especially when you are trying to do things differently than those who have been around the block a couple of times. Especially when those other guys still want to stick around €” even though they were invited to the block party only for a […]
Finance Smoothie
21 Jun 2019
Did you know ECO was here before the smoothie bar? Smoothie machines are great. You get a blender and insert let’s say apples and oranges and you could try to get a smoothie€¦ wait… what?? Would you really drink a smoothie made of apples and oranges? We all know that does not make a good […]
Wading on thin ice
20 Jun 2019
A serious discussion suddenly broke out yesterday in room Addis Abeba on how to meet the ultimate objective of the Convention and prevent dangerous climate change. This under the item of the Second Periodic Review (SPR) of the long-term global goal under the Convention, where Parties started sharing concrete ideas and proposals for how to […]
Will the real climate leaders please stand up?
20 Jun 2019
ECO recognizes that Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are on the frontlines of climate change, already facing impacts which pose an existential threat to their communities. This is their message to you delegates: The Pacific deserves more than just to survive – we deserve to thrive. We are looking to you, delegates, for solidarity and the […]
WIM Review: A pillar of salt or a Garden of Eden?
20 Jun 2019
Sitting in a recent informal consultation, ECO had an unwelcome flashback to Bible classes. The old story of Lot’s wife* looking back and being turned into a pillar of salt. What inspired this unwelcome flashback? That would be the equally unwelcome assertion that the Review of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss & Damage (WIM) […]
Climate-induced displacement: what to learn from the IPCC Report on 1.5°C?
20 Jun 2019
ECO is still wondering about the real motives of those who would not want to give adequate attention to the 1.5°C Special Report of the IPCC. Pushing others to actively ignore the alarm bells for the planet and its people is what climate change denialists do. The suffering of men and women, boys and girls […]
Climate Migrants in the Middle East: a matter to tackle now
20 Jun 2019
For the Middle East, the climate crisis is already a harsh reality. From the floods of Jeddah to the droughts and sea level rise in many Mediterranean cities. The region will face more droughts, sea level rise, heat waves, and more hot days, which will make especially children and women more vulnerable. These effects will […]
Climate induced displacement worsens alongside refugee crisis
20 Jun 2019
Over 70 million people in the world now live as refugees who fled war, persecution and conflict – the highest level that the UNHCR has seen in its almost 70 years, according to their Global Trends report. It is the world’s developing regions who are hosting 84% of all refugees. While they grapple with the […]