Now For The Hard Part: After COP 21 Paris, Nations Chart Climate Change Action Steps
The COP21 Paris climate change agreement was a huge victory, but the long, difficult process of global decarbonization is just beginning.
Christiana Figueres
ADP Starts Making Up The World’s Mind About Climate Change
The Ad Hoc Working Group on Durban part of the COP21 meeting in Paris sewed up its last draft in the week just past. ADP delegates from every country expressed their views on the version they last officially considered in Bonn in October, patched as much as UN officials could amend … [continued]
“No Planet B” — COP21 Meeting Gears Up For Action
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has presented some thoughts on why he cares so much about the climate issue: “First, like any grandfather, I want my grandchildren to enjoy the beauty and bounty of a healthy planet. And like any human being, it grieves me to see that floods, droughts, and … [continued]
UN Official “Delighted” By Dieselgate
Originally published on EV Obsession. The ongoing Volkswagen diesel emissions cheating scandal is rather enjoyable to observe, I admit, but even I was a bit surprised to hear the executive secretary of the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change come out and state that she was “delighted” by it. … [continued]
154 Religious & Faith Leaders Call For Global Climate Deal
A statement signed by 154 religious and faith leaders from around the world has called for “a fair, ambitious, and binding global deal” on climate at the upcoming UN climate summit in Paris. The statement was handed over to Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on … [continued]
Surprising Number of Nations Produce Climate Plans Before UN Deadline
In Bonn on Friday, the numbers came out for the nations making public their plans to cut back on carbon emissions and slow the rate of climate change. Representing three-quarters of the total membership of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (which comprises almost all nations of the world, at … [continued]
First 3 Days of Bonn UN Climate Talks Achingly Slow
So, how are things going partway into the five-day Bonn climate negotiating session of the UN’s “Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform”? [Reminder: as of Thursday noontime, there are only 6.5 more official session days, including the week in Bonn again on October 19-23, before the final Paris … [continued]
Big Letdown From A Top Emitter: Japan’s Tardy INDC
At long last, Japan has entered its official Intended Nationally Determined Contribution into the pool of national climate pledges for the UN’s Paris COP21 talks in December. The Paris summit aims for a worldwide agreement to limit global average temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, … [continued]
First Metro, State, Regional Emission Targets From Subnational Compact
Twenty subnational governments, representing over 220 million people and $8.3 trillion in GDP, have now officially committed to targeted reductions in carbon emissions through the Compact of States and Regions, a partnership of The Climate Group, CDP, R20, and nrg4SD supported by the United Nations, Climate-KIC, Center for the New Energy Economy, ICLEI, … [continued]
High-Level UN Meeting Today Starts Positive, Urgent, Affirmative
The United Nations hosts another high-level event today Monday, June 29, in New York to help steer a widening coalition of global efforts to limit the damage and adapt to the challenges of ongoing climate change. This end-of-June meeting is not part of the critical negotiation process that will culminate … [continued]
