Deferred not defeated: the outcome on Loss and Damage finance at COP26 and next steps Published: 16 December 2021 Analysis Momentum gained on finance for Loss and Damage at COP26, if not derailed, can lead to more success at COP27 in Egypt. By Liane Schalatek and Erin Roberts
False solutions prevail over real ambition at COP26 Published: 16 December 2021 Analysis COP26 in Glasgow started with a plethora of declarations. But in the end it failed to deliver on the real and immediate action needed to avoid climate catastrophe, and to address the demand for justice and equity for those most impacted by climate harms. By Erika Lennon, Sebastien Duyck and Nikki Reisch
“Glass less than half full” – Glasgow climate finance outcomes leave much room for improvements despite some wins Published: 15 December 2021 Article Progress on core climate finance issues at COP26 proved to be key to break deadlocks and to reach often inadequate compromises in the Glasgow Climate Pact. By Liane Schalatek
Broken Promises - Developed countries fail to keep their 100 billion dollar climate pledge Published: 25 October 2021 Analysis At COP26 in Glasgow, past failures and shortcomings in climate finance mobilization and delivery must be ruthlessly addressed by presenting an implementation plan for future improvements. By Liane Schalatek
A Process on the Brink of Collapse Confronts a World on the Move Published: 20 December 2019 Analysis The governments gathered in Madrid failed to embrace the urgent need for progress towards climate justice and higher ambitions. By Sebastien Duyck and Erika Lennon
Social unrest in Chile and its effects on the climate agenda and COP25 Published: 5 December 2019 Analysis Hosting COP 25 in Chile would have been an excellent chance to visualize the continent’s environmental problems and improve the space for negotiations. Now, Latin American civil society is making an effort to make their voices heard in Madrid. By Javiera Valencia
While Failing to Gain Much Ground at COP 24, Finance for “Loss and Damage” Could Advance in 2019 Published: 15 January 2019 Commentary Developing countries achieved some small wins for loss and damage at COP24 in Katowice, but 2019 is when real advances on financing for loss and damage could be made. By Julie-Anne Richards
Rising Public Climate Finance Flows Only Tell Part of the Story Published: 30 November 2018 Commentary In order to tell the real story of public climate finance flows more details than just the quantity of finance is needed. Normative and qualitative criteria are necessary to complete the picture. By Liane Schalatek
What's at stake for COP 24? Published: 27 November 2018 Briefing The Katowice UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Katowice from the 3rd till the 14th of December 2018. By Don Lehr
“We will not drown, we are here to fight”: An assessment of the Fiji COP 23 in Bonn Published: 23 November 2017 In depth analysis COP 23 was one COP in two zones: The Bula zone was the site of the official negotiations - with little relevance to what happens in the real world. The Bonn zone hosted dozens of civil society kiosks and hundreds of events searching for real solutions. By Liane Schalatek, Lili Fuhr and Don Lehr