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Taking COP26 back home / Volviendo a casa con la COP26 (ECO 11, COP26)
12 Nov 2021
ECO is happy to share this part of our publications with the Indigenous Peoples Caucus(IPO) to help amplify their voice. This article reflects the views of the IPO.As we push forth in the final hours of COP26, there is a feeling in the air of “what now? What have we accomplished? Where have we compromised? And most […]
Fossil of the Day / Fósil del Día (ECO 11, COP26)
12 Nov 2021
Fossil of the Day The UK ranks first place in today ́s Fossil of the Day Fossil of the Day goes to the UK for sticking their heads in the sand on loss and damage finance. You know that feeling when you’ve had an absolute age to study for that crucial exam and you leave […]
Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance Shows A Path Forward / La Alianza Beyond Oil & Gas muestra un camino para acabar con el petróleo y el gas (ECO 10, COP26)
11 Nov 2021
Today in Glasgow, Denmark and Costa Rica will announce a new and exciting alliance of countries and jurisdictions committing to something long a ‘verboten’ topic at the UNFCCC — an end to oil and gas expansion, and a managed and equitable phase-out of existing extraction. ECO welcomes the groundbreaking announcement of the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance […]
Un-Cover-ing Essential Ambition / Destapando la ambición esencial (ECO 10, COP26)
11 Nov 2021
ECO would like to offer some observations on the cover texts and suggestions for how they can better reflect the desperate urgency for action that is needed. The texts fail to reflect the urgency being called for by the people of the world, especially those already suffering the impacts of climate change. The texts remain […]
Something Is Missing from the COP Decision: the Global Stocktake! / Falta algo en la decisión de la COP: ¡el balance global! (ECO 10, COP26)
11 Nov 2021
As ECO has already explained, the GST is the guardian of the Paris Agreement. It is about protecting people and ecosystems from climate change impacts, and it’s about saving lives, cultures, and livelihoods. Yet looking at the draft COP cover text, you would hardly know that Glasgow is the moment that will kickstart the first […]
California in the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance would be a moment to celebrate — But There’s more work to be done / El ingreso de California en la Alianza Beyond Oil and Gas sería un momento para celebrar, pero hay más trabajo por hacer (ECO 10, COP26)
11 Nov 2021
ECO’s sources tell us it is increasingly likely that California will be joining the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) at today’s official Alliance launch as an inaugural associate (second-tier) member. If true, ECO warmly congratulates California on this important development. Since the last COP, California Governor Gavin Newsom has pledged to ban fracking by […]
Unusual support for 1.5°C / Un apoyo inusual al 1,5°C (ECO 10, COP26)
11 Nov 2021
Over the last decades, many ECO contributors have worked behind the scenes to influence important international energy organisations, or openly campaigning against them. This year, the International Energy Agency, arguably the most influential energy agency globally, has thankfully changed sides. In two reports this year, Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy […]
Plastic: The “Other” Fossil Fuel / El plástico: el “otro” combustible fósil (ECO 10, COP26)
11 Nov 2021
The fossil fuel industry must have been nervous about this COP, since it brought a delegation larger than any single country. But it also has a backup plan, just in case, Parties get serious about cutting back on fossil fuels: plastic. While transportation fuel demand is flat, plastic production is growing at 4% per year; […]
The Energy We Want / La energía que queremos (ECO 10, COP26)
11 Nov 2021
The world is getting closer than ever to a global fossil fuel phase-out. So ECO is crossing its fingers in the hope that COP26 will conclude with a call for a coal phase-out and a global end to fossil fuel subsidies. To tackle climate change we need a rapid phase out of fossil fuels and […]
Not All That Shines Is Right … / No todo lo que brilla es bueno… (ECO 10, COP26)
11 Nov 2021
ECO is concerned that amongst all the climate solutions that are presented at COP26 there are promoters who are queuing up to receive climate finance for proposed technologies that create at least as many problems as they attempt to solve. At COP26, the very visible promoters of nuclear power and their industry backers, are somehow […]