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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 […]
The Unsung Climate Hero – Ocean Action is Climate Action(ECO 3, SB56)
8 Jun 2022
The ocean is the greatest unsung climate hero – it is the largest ecosystem on the planet and the most important carbon sink. But ocean health is in jeopardy if we continue to misuse its carbon sink capacity as a buffer to atmospheric changes. The ocean has absorbed over 90% of the excess heat generated […]
No More Blah Blah Blah Blah, Loss and Damage Finance NOW! / ¡Se acabó el bla bla bla, la financiación de Pérdidas y Daños AHORA! (ECO 3, SB56)
8 Jun 2022
On their way to Chamber Hall which yesterday hosted the 1st session of the Glasgow Dialogue, Parties were greeted by a very special welcome committee organized by various civil society groups. ECO was delighted that this message quickly found an echo in the room. AOSIS reminded the hall that the Glasgow Dialogue was not their […]
Amid Rising Prices for Food, Fuel and Fertilisers, Can Parties Afford to Ignore Agroecology? / En medio de aumentos en los precios de alimentos, combustibles y fertilizantes, ¿pueden las Partes permitirse ignorar la agroecología? (ECO 3, SB56)
8 Jun 2022
As delegates gather once again for negotiations under the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, the current conflict in Ukraine is triggering alarming global price rises for food, fuel and fertilisers. This global crisis comes at a tragic time for communities on the front lines of the climate crisis. Currently 20 million people are facing famine […]
Putting words into Action (Plan): How Action for Climate Empowerment Can Support More Equitable, Human Rights-Based Climate Action / Poner las palabras en acción (Plan): Cómo la Acción para el Empoderamiento Climático puede apoyar una acción climática más equitativa y basada en los derechos humanos (ECO 3, SB56)
8 Jun 2022
Action for Climate Empowerment is the workstream related to public participation, access to information, education, training, awareness raising and international cooperation. ECO never tires of reminding you that three of these six elements – the right to access to information, the right to participation and the right to environmental education – are internationally recognized human […]
Seeing Through the GlaSS / Mirando a través del “espejo” (GLaSS – Glasgow – Shram-el-Sheik) (ECO 3, SB56)
8 Jun 2022
The first workshop of the Glasgow – Sharm el-Sheikh (GlaSS) work programme on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) opens today. And it’s about time too. It’s been seven long years since the GGA formed part of the Paris Agreement. Yet only now are we discussing the means to realise its aims. But better late […]
EU must “walk the talk” on climate action ahead of COP27 / La UE debe “predicar con el ejemplo” sobre la acción climática antes de la COP27 (ECO 2, SB56)
7 Jun 2022
ECO has already heard that implementation of climate commitments made is key to tackle the climate crisis, and builds trust among Parties. One element of implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) is advancing the legislation that underpins them. In the EU the negotiations on key climate files of the Fit For 55 package, launched by […]