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Resurrecting the Technology Framework
7 Sep 2018
Technology transfer is vital if we are serious about limiting warming to 1.5°C. The technology framework was included in the Paris Agreement to provide guidance on technology as part of the means of implementation. The framework was meant to enhance the process of delivering technology to support transformational climate action. Since Paris however, Parties have […]
Looking for Ambition in Rulebook City
7 Sep 2018
Rules, Rules, Rules €“ they are important and we all knowweneedthem!Themeetingroomsherearefilledwith delegates engaged in intense discussions over the minutiae of the Paris rulebook. The incoming Polish Presidency also never misses a chance to emphasize their laser focus on the rulebook outcome as their absolute priority for COP 24. But there are other conversations going on […]
The Goal is an ENHANCED Transparency Framework
6 Sep 2018
ECO notes that there are some signs of progress in the negotiations on climate finance accounting. SBSTA started the week with a 62-page document and is now down to two competing and polarised submissions of 9 and 4 pages respectively. At the time of writing, the co-facilitators were boiling the submissions down into a new […]
Finance €˜Hide and Seek’ in Bangkok
6 Sep 2018
In the midst of the finance ‘storm” falling on Bangkok, everyone wants to know what is next for the Green Climate Fund (GCF)? ECO watched, with great disappointment, events unfold at the last GCF board meeting. While countries failed to come to any kind of agreement regarding procedural issues, the collapse of the last board […]
We Can’t Insure Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
6 Sep 2018
Developed countries have long been fans of the “do as we say, not as we do” approach to climate diplomacy; so it should come as no surprise that they”ve adopted this approach to loss and damage in advocating for climate insurance as the solution. As much as surely can be clear after the first days […]
F. M. C. P.
6 Sep 2018
We know we”ve raised it before, but we realized yesterday that it was worth another reminder as none of our concerns were raised during the transparency discussions: the Facilitative, Multilateral Consideration of Progress (FMCP) will only be effective if it builds on the expertise and perspectives of civil society. Unless you step up, we risk […]
The New Article 6: We Know What We Need
6 Sep 2018
Market negotiations resumed at full speed in Bangkok, with new text being published after only one day of negotiations. Parties are feeling the pressure now that COP24 is looming. We”ve started the session by hearing lists of priorities for items that could not be postponed to 2019 (assuming that not all issues could be resolved […]
And Here Comes the IPCC
5 Sep 2018
It’s all well-known – the UNFCCC negotiations are progressing at a slow pace, the workload and delivery is lagging behind schedule, and the parties” enthusiasm on rapid and early enhancing of ambition to meet the Paris objectives is hardly visible, particularly with the looming COP in Poland. But here comes the IPCC to the rescue […]
The Technology Mechanism and the Right Fit for Data
5 Sep 2018
The beauty of the Technology Mechanism (TM) is that it has dozens of “TEC Briefs” on a large number of topics that can help countries understand which adaptation and mitigation technologies might be best for deployment in their own countries. These TEC (Technology Executive Committee) Briefs are invariably based on data collected from sources such […]
Annex to the Opening: Remember the Talanoa Dialogue
5 Sep 2018
Four months have already passed since our last meeting, and ECO is glad to see you back in Bangkok. Something we did not hear in the Opening, which is a crucial point, there’s only three months until COP24. That is where the Talanoa Dialogue must end with a strong outcome calling on countries to step-up […]