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With over 80,000 participants in the UN “Blue Zone” (and many more in the adjacent host-country “Green Zone”), the recent UN climate change conference (COP28) in Dubai was the largest multilateral climate event ever held. The authors of this 10 February blog post, Good COP? Bad COP? Time to reform COP!), were impressed by the enthusiasm, and the global and diverse involvement of so many stakeholders; yet, in light of their 2021 ecbi Policy Report (Quo Vadis COP?), they felt this...
14 February 2024
ecbi has published a brief highlighting some of the most salient outcomes from COP 28, while also looking forward to COP 29 to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The brief focuses on the evolution of the newly-established Loss and Damage Fund, discussing its initial capitalisation at COP 28 and the ongoing "spectre" of liability. With cautious optimism going forward, the brief suggests ways to allay the fears of some developed countries of this "spectre". The document also addresses the outcomes of the...
10 February 2024
ecbi has published its 2023 Annual Report. The Bonn Seminar, Fellows Colloquium, and Oxford Seminar took place during the report period, covering a range of issues of relevance to the intergovernmental climate negotiations, such as the Global Stocktake, climate finance particularly for loss and damage, and Paris Agreement Article 2.1.c on making financial flows consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement. ecbi also published a report assessing Key Outcomes from COP27, as well as an Updated Pocket...
06 February 2024
This 6 February blog post, Nomen est Omen!, begins with a brief historical account of the evolution of the “Loss and Damage” narrative in the multilateral climate negotiations, and ends up with the recent operationalization of the new Loss and Damage Fund. It suggests that if the liability spectre associated with the phrase "Loss and Damage" is too much for some, then perhaps the name of new fund could be more specific, if not “Climate Impact Response Fund” then maybe “Climate...
06 February 2024
