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Three years after Paris – An Indigenous Guide to Progress on the Paris Rulebook
7 Dec 2018
At COP24, many of us recall the vision of the Paris Agreement €“ that of rights based climate action. In the next 48 hours Parties need to stand up for rights based climate action so that the Rulebook affirms this vision. In the guidance for NDCs: Parties should be requested (or invited) to provide information […]
Fossil of the Day
7 Dec 2018
Oops they did it again!… Oh baby, baby! Could it be a glitch in the matrix or a mirage in the desert? Or is it our senses that are failing us in the smog? But during negotiations here in Katowice we distinctly heard Kuwait proposing to delete specific references to the findings of the IPCC 1.5°C Special […]
12 Years Left
7 Dec 2018
There are good surprises and there are bad surprises. The end of the technical phase of the Talanoa Dialogue had a good surprise with some delicious cake to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the IPCC. The latest Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) text had a bad, down-right horrible surprise. Notwithstanding the fact that we only have […]
Technology Stumbling Backwards, Not Leaping Forwards
7 Dec 2018
The transfer of innovative climate technologies should help developing countries leapfrog straight to growing in a clean and resilient manner, while addressing issues of sustainable development. The Technology Mechanism has had a head start implementing the Paris Agreement and ECO was happy to see the achievements so far at the Mechanism’s side event as well […]
Proxy Questions for the Multilateral Assessment Speakers’ List
7 Dec 2018
ECO is looking forward to observing the second set of facilitative sharing of views and the multilateral assessment workshops today. Since ECO can’t ask questions during these workshops, we figured we’d share our questions with you anyway. ECO is eagerly awaiting news from Germany’s coal commission, while noting the discrepancy between scientific results (SR1.5) and […]
12 Years Left
6 Dec 2018
ECO was deeply impressed by yesterday’s SBSTA Special Event on the IPCC Special Report on 1.5 degrees. The world’s best climate scientists have compiled an avalanche of new information on the advantages of restricting warming to 1.5 degrees . Up to several hundred million fewer people would be exposed to climate related risks and susceptible […]
Have You Done Your Stretches?
6 Dec 2018
ECO has been running back-and-forth from the negotiations in areas B and D to side events in area G. ECO is getting quite the exercise! However, ECO forgot to stretch before exercising €“ and now, ECO feels sore. ECO hopes that Parties in the transparency negotiations don’t make the same mistake. We all know that […]