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Is Germany dodging its climate finance commitments? / ¿Alemania está eludiendo sus compromisos de financiamiento climático? (ECO 1, SB56)
6 Jun 2022
For the Paris Agreement’s implementation, mutual trust is a key ingredient. This holds true also with regard to commitments made by developed countries to provide climate finance to developing countries. Now, ECO remembers well, that time last year when developed countries finally acknowledged that they had not kept their promise to ramp up climate finance […]
Groundhog Day: the Glasgow Dialogue must not repeat the Suva Expert Dialogue! / Día de la marmota: ¡el Diálogo de Glasgow no debe repetir el Diálogo de Expertos de Suva! (ECO 1, SB56)
6 Jun 2022
Under the climate agreements, if you want to access climate finance to install solar panels to mitigate your greenhouse gas emissions, you can access the climate facility to purchase the panels. If your house is threatened by increased flood risk, you can access climate finance to raise your house to adapt, again paid for by […]
Class Reunion / Un encuentro de clases (ECO 1, SB56)
6 Jun 2022
Delegates, it has been three years since we met in Bonn! ECO knows you have been looking forward to a beautiful, picturesque walk by the Rhein and some beer garden visits at what might feel a little like a class reunion. Yet, ECO is worried: If we want to keep 1.5°C within reach, the world […]
AHORA ES EL MOMENTO DE ACELERAR LA TRANSICIÓN HACIA UN FUTURO ENERGÉTICO JUSTO Y RENOVABLE Y PONER FIN A LA ERA DE LOS COMBUSTIBLES FÓSILES
28 Apr 2022
Estimados líderes mundiales, Les instamos a aprovechar este momento para poner fin a nuestra dependencia de los combustibles fósiles construyendo un sistema energético equitativo, justo y renovable para todos. La humanidad se enfrenta ahora a una cascada de emergencias. Las élites militares, empresariales y políticas rusas en torno al presidente Putin están cometiendo crímenes brutales […]
LE TEMPS EST VENU D’ACCELERER LE FUTUR JUSTE DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES ET DE METTRE FIN A L’ERE DES ENERGIES FOSSILES
27 Apr 2022
Chers dirigeants du monde, Nous vous exhortons à vous emparer de ce moment pour mettre fin à notre dépendance aux énergies fossiles en construisant un système énergétique juste, équitable et fondé sur les énergies renouvelables. L’humanité fait face à une multitude d’urgences. L’armée russe, les élites politiques et milieux d’affaires autour du Président Poutine commettent […]
The Climate Change and Colonisation Connection
9 Mar 2022
09 March By: Kera Sherwood-O’Regan As a global climate movement, we need to move on from thinking about Climate Change as an isolated issue that can be “solved” with surface level and technological solutions. We know that keeping global temperature rise below 1.5℃ requires transformational change in our societies and economies, but our approaches to […]
The Article 6 Hulk: Will Ministers Create a Greenwashing Monster? / El Hulk del artículo 6: ¿crearán los ministros un monstruo de la ecología? (ECO 11, COP26)
12 Nov 2021
High-level ministers have finally arrived in Glasgow and are discussing Article 6. Hooray! Surely they’ve been paying attention to all of ECO’s asks, and will quickly agree on an extremely robust Article 6 package! Right? Except, well, that’s not quite what we’re hearing… Obviously it can be hard to tell what’s happening behind closed doors in […]
Parties Need To Get The Chemistry Right On Loss And Damage Finance / Los países necesitan una buena química en la financiación de pérdidas y daños (ECO 11, COP26)
12 Nov 2021
ECO was always a fan of chemistry lessons at school. Understand the elements correctly; consider compounds, composition, structure, and you can get the reaction you are looking for on your litmus test. And as set out in ECO first COP26 issue, finance to support addressing (including recovering from) Loss and Damage, will be ECO’s litmus test for COP26. Parties […]
Uncommon Time Frames: Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory / Marcos temporales poco comunes: arrebatar la derrota de las fauces de la victoria (ECO 11, COP26)
12 Nov 2021
Just as momentum was building towards agreement on 5-year Common Time Frames (CTFrs), with an end date of 2035 for the next NDCs, a new text takes us back to square one. The EU came around to 5 years just before the COP, and this week the China-USA statement said they would both submit, in […]
No Action Without Science – 2022 Is Crucial / No hay acción sin ciencia: 2022 es crucial (ECO 11, COP26)
12 Nov 2021
It is bloody late for deep emissions reductions to stay on a 1.5°C trajectory. Nevertheless, this is still needed and the IPCC had made an effort this summer to quantify how to do so. In its first report of the 6th assessment cycle, focusing on the physical facts of where we stand today, the results […]