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Social Protection to Deal with Loss and Damage / Protección social para hacer frente a Pérdidas y Daños (ECO 9, SB56)
15 Jun 2022
You might have heard some chanting in the Bonn corridors – “No more blah blah blah, loss and damage finance now!” – but let it be clear, it’s not just ECO in support. At Saturday’s action, TUNGO said it loud and clear: “Loss and damage is a trade union issue!” So, we invited them to […]
Russian Actions Jeopardize Ukrainian and Global Climate Efforts / Las acciones rusas ponen en peligro los esfuerzos ucranianos y mundiales por el clima (ECO 9, SB56)
15 Jun 2022
Russian Actions Jeopardize Ukrainian and Global Climate EffortsUkraine has made a lot of efforts to increase climate ambition at the legislative level and achieve Paris Agreement goals during the last years. In July 2021, the government approved an updated NDC target for an actual reduction of GHGs. Ukraine committed itself to a 7 per cent […]
An Independent Grievance Mechanism Can’t Wait / Un Mecanismo de Reclamación Independiente no puede esperar (ECO 9, SB56)
15 Jun 2022
Dear Article 6 negotiators, ECO knows you did a lot of work over the last several years and that you have a long work plan this year. So, we don’t want to add too much to your plate. However, we would be remiss if we didn’t point out the importance of establishing the independent grievance […]
Theatre of the Absurd: SBI Missing the AIM on Observers Engagement / El teatro de lo Absurdo: el SBI perdiendo el AIM (impulso) de la participación de los observadores (ECO 9, SB56)
15 Jun 2022
Through all the years in print and on your electronic devices, ECO has rarely been at a loss for words. But as several observer constituencies were prevented from taking the floor during three consecutive contact groups dedicated to – you guessed it – enhancing observer engagement, we wondered whether “clueless,” “hypocritical,” or some other word […]
Ducking and Diving: the Case of the COP27 Hotel Heist / Oscuros trapícheos: el caso del atraco en el hotel de la COP27 (ECO 8, SB56)
14 Jun 2022
It was nice of the Egyptian Presidency designate’s logistics team to invite us to go diving in Sharm el-Sheikh, but ECO is interested in a different kind of deep dive at this point. So let’s take a deep dive into how delegates planning to attend COP27 are being [gouged] [exploited] [shafted] by the Upper Committee […]
Tinder for Climate Action / Tinder para la acción climática (ECO 8, SB56)
14 Jun 2022
Landing a match can be hard in these times. It’s hard to know what you’re looking for without a supported and coordinated platform that can effectively facilitate quality matchmaking. After all, even Tinder has staff on the back-end helping to structure key information everyone needs to make a great match. We hear that a few […]
The Growing Health Movement For Climate Action Continues to Gain Momentum / YEl creciente movimiento sanitario por la acción climática sigue ganando impulsoo (ECO 8, SB56)
14 Jun 2022
Remember how last year was the first time in UNFCCC history where health was recognized as a scientific priority by a COP Presidency? In a way, the silver lining of an otherwise devastating pandemic has been an increased awareness of the fragility of our health systems in the face of global crises – and no […]
There’s Now Clear Agreement on the Need to Respond to Loss and Damage – It’s Time to Discuss How / Ya hay un acuerdo claro sobre la necesidad de responder a las pérdidas y los daños – es hora de debatir cómo (ECO 7, SB56)
13 Jun 2022
At the Glasgow Dialogue, the Loss and Damage finance gaps have been increasingly recognized across both developing and developed country Parties. However, the positions and solutions offered by developed country Parties do not speak to the urgency and reality of the most vulnerable people who are bearing the brunt of the climate emergency. ECO heard […]
The GlaSS Window of Opportunity is Closing Soon / La ventana de oportunidad de GlaSS se cierra pronto (ECO 7, SB56)
13 Jun 2022
The first official workshop out of four under the Glasgow – Sharm el-Sheikh (GlaSS) Work Programme on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) was not any sort of workshop ECO would recognize. This is despite the calls from several Parties for creative and innovative solutions in their recent submissions. It is thus not surprising that […]
Learning Done, Doing Still Loading / Aprender – hecho; haciendo – todavía cargando… (ECO 7, SB56)
13 Jun 2022
ECO attended the World Café and the first roundtables of the Global Stocktake. While the statements of Parties and observers were full of political expectations and wishes to engage constructively in this important component of the ambition mechanism of the Paris Agreement, there is still work to do in ensuring a successful GST.The World Café […]