Climate Action Network: “We know our duty and responsibility” Interview CAN – the Climate Action Network - is the largest international civil society network, that has monitored the UN climate negotiations for many years. Whether at national or international level, how can civil society participation be ensured at all in times of pandemic? What does this mean for the capacity for action and strategy of a global network like CAN? A conversation between Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of CAN International and Barbara Unmüßig, President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation By Barbara Unmüßig
Why the climate negotiations cannot be a compromise and how strong leadership can help us meet the needs of the most vulnerable Blog A group of young leaders discuss the type of leadership needed to scale up climate action to levels that meet the needs of the most vulnerable By Sonia Adama Bande , Justina Aurea da Costa Belo , Yared Abera , Ineza Umuhoza Grace , Prakriti Koirala , Eva Peace Mukayiranga , Hyacinthe Niyitegeka and Dainalyn Swaby
Raising the Voices of Young Climate Leaders from the Global South in Climate Talks Dossier We chronicle here some of the insights and contributions shared by the first cohort of young climate leaders participating in the CLI, including on raising ambition for the climate negotiations as well as recognizing and sharing indigenous and ancestral knowledge from their respective countries in strategies to address the climate emergency.
Unpacking finance for Loss and Damage Dossier Differentiating finance types, developing countries’ needs and the lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Biden's climate summit brings some ambition boost but no true U.S. climate leadership Analysis With the two-day Biden leaders' summit on climate attended by 40 countries, the United States has returned to the international stage of climate diplomacy. Whether the increased ambition of new climate action pledges via video made by several core countries can be implemented in a binding manner, however, remains an open question - not only, but also including in the United States. An urgently needed signal that the Biden administration is prepared to take on a leadership role in international climate finance in the run-up to COP 26, however, was missing in action. By Liane Schalatek
5 years later - Happy Birthday, Paris Agreement? Analysis December 12, 2020, will be the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement. This analysis provides important materials and pursues the questions: Where do we stand in dealing with the climate crisis? What false solutions must be avoided? And how can we push the urgently needed radical course change in pursuit of climate justice? By Lili Fuhr , Linda Schneider , Liane Schalatek and Lisa Tostado
The Paris Agreement Five Years On Dossier 12 December 2020 marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Five years after Paris, the climate crisis has worsened, impacting the poorest and most vulnerable countries the worst, and inflicting already severe loss and damage. Signatory states are preparing to submit updated and more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction pledges, the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for Glasgow in 2021 - with the United States under a Biden Administration expected to join in the effort. How can we increase targets to remain below 2 degrees Celsius global warming and finds ways to achieve them in a socially and gender-just manner? What financing contributions are needed to support developing countries? What false solutions must be avoided? And how can we push the urgently needed radical course change in pursuit of climate justice? We explore those questions in various contributions.
"Build Back Greener?" Biden's Plan for America's International Climate Commitment Analysis With the promise to re-enter the Paris Agreement early next year and to update the US nationally determined contribution (NDC) for COP 26 in Glasgow, this analysis looks at what the incoming Biden administration needs to do to regain its international climate credibility. By Liane Schalatek
Take-aways from the Finance in Common Summit The first global summit of all Public Development Banks was, most of all, a missed opportunity. It was a missed opportunity not only to end fossil fuel investments, but also to take the urgent and concrete actions needed to address the intertwined health, climate and biodiversity crises. By Christin Schweisgut
