In November the annual UNFCCC climate conference takes place in Bonn but it is presided for the first time by a small island developing state: Fiji. The country is among the most exposed and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and the mission of this year’s COP Presidency is to bring the requests of read more…
Category: Policies & Negotiations
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Canada, China, EU joint climate diplomacy emerges as US confirms exit from Paris deal
The governments of Canada, China, and the European Union on Saturday (Sept. 16) convened a Ministerial Meeting on Climate Action “to advance discussions on the full implementation of the Paris Agreement and to demonstrate continued political commitment to global action”. New global climate leadership ?????? major ministerial meeting kicks off in Montreal. Committed to #ParisAgreeement read more…
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Key meeting in Montreal shapes the “most ambitious program” of IPCC
The 46th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change closed on Sunday (Sept. 10) in Montreal. Hosted by the government of Canada, the meeting succeeded in delivering the outline of IPCC’s next comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change, the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). According to IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee, the agreed outline of AR6 is read more…
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France advances phase out of hydrocarbons production by 2040
French Minister of Ecological and Social Transition Nicolas Hulot on Wednesday (Sept. 6) presented a draft bill to phase out oil and gas exploration and production on French territories by 2040. The bill, presented to France’s Council of Ministers, is the first step to keep the campaign promises of Emmanuel Macron and was anticipated in read more…
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IN DEPTH: GCF heads toward complex, pragmatic new phase
After being in operation for over two years, it is time for the Green Climate Fund to review results, straighten out the strategy, and take on new challenges. The Fund was created in 2010 by the United Nations and formally established in 2011. It reached the actual capacity to fund climate-related projects in May 2015. read more…
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US notifies United Nations of its intent to withdraw from Paris Agreement
As the US State Department announced in a press release, the US has officially notified the United Nations of its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement “as soon as it is eligible to do so”. However, this first US written notice to the United Nations as the depositary for the agreement is no more read more…
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Chile launches new national action plan on climate change
Chile launched its new national action plan on climate change for the period between 2017 and 2022, the “Plan de Acción Nacional de Cambio Climático 2017-2022” (PANCC-II). In July, the Chilean president Michelle Bachelet presented the document together with the Chilean minister for the environment, Marcelo Mena, and the Chilean minister for public works, Alberto read more…
