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Loss and Damage Finance Mythbuster / Cazador de mitos sobre la financiación de pérdidas y daños (ECO 6, SB56)
13 Jun 2022
ECO has been listening keenly in Chamber Hall and the Glasgow Dialogue breakouts over the past few days, eager to see progress on addressing Loss and Damage. But it seems some delegates still haven’t wrapped their heads around the needs of frontline communities (either that or they’re experiencing a major 4 o’clock sugar-crash, with no break […]
Refusing to ‘take note of’ 5% of global emissions / Negándose a “tomar nota” del 5% de las emisiones mundiales (ECO 6, SB56)
13 Jun 2022
Normally in the UNFCCC, ‘taking note of’ a report is the lowest form of recognition. For the reports that ICAO and IMO submit in advance of every SB session, on their efforts to control emissions from international shipping and aviation emissions, the regular response used to be a terse single line conclusion ‘taking note of’ […]
An Emergency Rescue Plan: Not ERP, but MWP (aka the Mitigation Work Program) / Un Plan de Rescate de Emergencia: No ERP, sino MWP (también conocido como Programa de Trabajo de Mitigación) (ECO 6, SB56)
13 Jun 2022
Walking along the never-ending Bonn corridors, ECO has picked up a question in the air: what is the difference between the Mitigation Work Program (MWP) and the Global Stocktake (GST)? And let’s say it loud and clear. No, they are not the same!Yes, they are complementing each other! And yes, certainly the Mitigation Work Program has to […]
We All Win When Agroecology Is In / Todos ganamos con la agroecología (ECO 6, SB56)
13 Jun 2022
Maybe ECO is a bit obsessed with the term ‘agroecology’. Maybe – but rightly so. Agroecology is a term that should appear in a Koronivia decision because it is a working model already implemented around the world, as both a necessity and a solution to many problems. Indeed, agroecology is a science, a practice and a holistic […]
Paris Stallers Must Show the Love / Los que se quedan en París deben demostrar amor (ECO 5, SB56)
11 Jun 2022
What would you do with a partner that time and again broke their promises to you? After a while, a bad relationship must end. But what if you couldn’t leave? What if your life (or, in this case, all life on Earth) depended on making it work? This is where we stand with countries that […]
EU Parliament: No Deal NOW on Emissions Trading System Better Than a Bad Deal / Parlamento de la UE: No tener acuerdo AHORA sobre el sistema de comercio de emisiones es mejor que un mal acuerdo (ECO 5, SB56)
11 Jun 2022
The Bonn session and upcoming international gatherings, such as the G7 and the Petersberg Dialogue, are critical for getting an ambitious and just outcome at COP27. Climate impacts, rising energy prices, energy insecurity and fossil-fuel related wars demonstrate the urgent need to move quickly from fossil fuels to renewable energies to bring the world in […]
Come Dancing At The MWP Disco! / ¡Ven a bailar a la discoteca MWP! (ECO 5, SB56)
11 Jun 2022
On Tuesday ECO unexpectedly ended up in the MWP disco, an exclusive party for lovers of Mitigation Ambition and Implementation. The music was on but the room was too small and the bar was not serving drinks. The disco soon became so full that it was impossible to move and observers had to leave the […]
Spotting the G in the GST / Detectando la G en el GST (ECO 5, SB56)
11 Jun 2022
ECO is happy to share this part of our publication with the Women Gender Constituency(WGC) to help amplify their voice. This article reflects the views of the WGC. We have all been waiting for this G moment, the Global Stocktake. A number crunching exercise. A moment to calculate fairytale emissions reductions and fancy carbon budgets, […]
Don’t Miss the Global Stocktake’s Road to Action / No te pierdas el camino a la acción del Balance Global (ECO 4, SB56)
11 Jun 2022
ECO welcomes the first technical dialogue of the Global Stocktake. It is not often that such a UNFCCC technical process uses a format that fosters meaningful discussions, rather than just hearing statements. Co-designing the GST process and its inputs was the main demand of several UNFCCC constituencies, and ECO is happy that our words have been […]
Why Brazil’s Upcoming Elections are a Key Climate Event of 2022 / ¿Por qué las próximas elecciones de Brasil son un acontecimiento climático clave de 2022? (ECO 4, SB56)
11 Jun 2022
Eco is pleased to report that Brazil has so far been uncannily tame at SB56. Be it for the lack of relevant Article 6 debates or for the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming Presidential elections in October, the fact is that Brasília seems to have given their diplomats some breathing room. Generally, Brazilian negotiators are making […]