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Seeking Sustainable Guidance on the Road Towards COP23
18 May 2017
Since the start of this session ECO has been looking for some guidance on climate finance. However, the complexities of these negotiations €“ debates about the Adaptation Fund serving under the guidance of the CMA or/and CMP; the technical discussions about accounting modalities; and the possibility of including finance in the Global Stocktake €“ have […]
Do Not Lose Sight of the Vision
18 May 2017
The preamble of the Paris Agreement offers a vision of a world that we can all embrace. Parties outlined a joint vision of collective action addressing climate change in a manner that builds on equity; protects the integrity of ecosystems; promotes the rights of those on the front lines of climate impacts and climate responses; […]
Long-term Strategies: The Time is Now!
17 May 2017
It is no secret that, while Parties” NDC’s represent an improvement over business-as-usual trajectories, they fall short of meeting the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals. Moreover, global emissions are not on track to peak by 2020, let alone steep reductions thereafter. According to the UNEP Emissions Gap Report, to have a likely chance of limiting warming […]
Let’s Talk About Adaptation Communication
17 May 2017
Last week, Parties spent a lot of time and energy discussing adaptation communication under Article 7.10 of the Paris Agreement, as well as Article 13, related to transparency of actions. ECO is pleased with this and sees it as a step towards an effort to allocate adaptation an equal status with mitigation in the Paris […]
How UNFCCC Can Co-pilot Aviation’s Climate Deal
17 May 2017
Airlines face a big problem with numbers when it comes to the sector’s Carbon Offset and Reduction System for International Aviation (CORSIA) €” the planned global measure to offset the sector’s emissions growth above 2020 levels. That’s because we’re not quite sure how CORSIA’s numbers will add up. As airline emissions continue to grow, […]
Bring Climate-Induced Migration Issues to the Table!
17 May 2017
The fact that COP23 will be the first COP under the presidency of a small island state, Fiji, draws particular attention to the plight of those that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. One of the starkest impacts will be the forced migration of millions of people, as sea levels rise and […]
Text or Bust
17 May 2017
There comes a time, in every round of negotiations, when a clamour builds for a negotiating text. The decision to shift into textual negotiations is not to be taken lightly. ECO knows well the impact on our dear negotiators of the first glimpse of square brackets on the screen. It inevitably triggers polarization, and retreat […]
Bringing Science to the Spotlight
17 May 2017
On Saturday, ECO expressed its expectations on the Facilitative Dialogue (FD 2018), highlighting it as the next big opportunity. One important contribution to make FD 2018 a big opportunity will come from the Special Report of IPCC on 1.5 degrees, which is expected to be adopted in September 2018. We remember the positive experiences with […]
Ludwig On NGO Participation
16 May 2017
Ludwig was encouraged last year when Parties reaffirmed the fundamental value of effective participation by observers and agreed to further enhance the engagement of observer organizations. However, yesterday Ludwig was surprised to learn that the Parties had decided to alter their previously transparent practices and conducted the discussions on inclusiveness and transparency behind closed doors. […]
FD2018 – A Crucial Opportunity To Enhance Our Mitigation Ambition
16 May 2017
ECO believes that the Facilitative Dialogue in 2018 has three key aspects: First, it presents an opportunity for Parties to take another look at their NDCs in relation to what we want to achieve collectively. Many NDCs were crafted in a hurry and there may be some areas that were not apparent but are worth […]