After 4 legs and 30 hours of travel, a third of the Energy Excelerator team arrived in Marrakech, Morocco, for meetings in conjunction with the United Nations COP22 conference. Amongst many noteworthy conversations, Dr. Jonathan Pershing, lead climate negotiator for the US, shared 5 key perspectives on the Conference of the Parties (“COP”) process and his focus for the next 5 years.
Originally published on Planetsave. Several countries agreed to work towards making the International Solar Alliance an intergovernmental body recognized by the United Nations at the sidelines of COP22 Marrakech climate change summit. More than 20 countries, including India, France, and Brazil, signed on a framework agreement that will see the … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Nearly 50 of the world’s most disadvantaged nations have pledged to fast-track their shift to 100% renewable energy and to ratchet up emissions reductions, in a gesture that helped to close COP22 talks in Marrakech on a note of inspiration and determination. In … [continued]
The International Energy Agency published its annual World Energy Outlook report this week at the United Nations COP22 climate change talks being held in Marrakech, and hailed renewable energy and natural gas as the biggest winners in the race to meet energy demand growth through to 2040.
The Climate Action Tracker outlined the ten most important short-term steps the world must take in order to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
Nobody who opposed Trump in this election needs to be reminded of his public stance on climate change. He is deeply in the denier camp of people who believe (or pretend to believe because it pads their bottom line) that climate change will go away if the scientists and activists will just shut up about it.
The UNFCCC’s Standing Committee on Finance presented its second Biennial Assessment of climate finance flows* to COP22 on Monday afternoon, November 7. The finance flows assessment found that in 2013/14, an average of $41 billion per year in public finance was reported flowing from developed to developing countries.
Climate finance is likely the most important issue the delegates of COP22 are working on. The term refers to the local, national, or transnational loans, grants, and other financing put forward to meet climate change goals. Finance may come from public, private, and/or alternative sources. The table below presents current sources of climate finance data.
Get ready for the first world summit following the Paris Agreement of December 2015 to assess progress on climate change. COP22, the annual conference of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, begins on Monday, November 7, 2016 (the day before the US presidential elections) in Marrakesh, Morocco. You can watch the COP22 proceedings online here.
The Paris Agreement on climate change — a critical worldwide milestone along the road to containing climate change and implementing resilient low-carbon energy — became international law on Friday, November 4, 2016, after about 20 years of global wrangling. Exactly 30 days ago, it crossed both national and emissions thresholds needed to enter into force.
