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On 17 October, TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute based in New Delhi, India) convened a virtual dialogue on Strengthening Multilateralism on the Road to COP30 and Beyond. After a short introduction by the organisers and R.R. Rashmi (Distinguished Fellow at TERI and former key climate negotiator), who chaired the Dialogue, Benito Müller (ecbi Director) was asked to open the round of presentations by the 10 panelists. He presented the work he and colleagues have done under the cover theme Quo...
21 October 2025
On 30 September, Professor Benito Müller, ecbi Director, participated in a virtual Dialogue with Elmaddin Mehdiyev, Finance Team Leader and Senior Negotiator, COP29 Presidency Office, and Luiz de Andrade Filho, Finance Coordinator, COP30 Presidency. The event was convened by the Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (GFLAC) and moderated by its Director, Sandra Guzmán.
As recorded in the Dialogue Notes (see below): “Mr. Müller emphasized the need for immediate, visible action to restore trust in climate finance....
15 October 2025
On Friday 26 September, during the New York Climate Week, ecbi held a meeting in the Permanent Mission of Tuvalu with representatives from Pacific Islands and Australia to discuss the ideas put forward in Quo Vadis COP.31? (see below) The meeting was organised by Professor Elisabeth Holland and convened by H.E. Amb. Tapugao Falefou, Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations in New York. Following the New York meeting, Amb. Falefou travelled to Fiji and introduced the idea to the Prime...
08 October 2025
ecbi convened its 2025 Oxford Seminar from 27-29 August at the Examination Schools in Oxford. The Seminar was preceded by the Fellows Colloquium, which met from 25-27 August at Magdalen College. This year marked a milestone as ecbi celebrates its 20th Anniversary.
The Fellows Colloquium brings together developing country negotiators who discuss amongst themselves pertinent topics that are under negotiations in advance of upcoming COPs. During the Seminar, the Fellows then present the outcomes of their discussions to their European...
05 September 2025
