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An updated version of ecbi’s Pocket Guide to the Paris Agreement has been published just in time for COP 28. It details progress made on the various issues addressed under the Agreement’s Articles since the last guide was published in 2020. This Pocket Guide will help navigate the nuances of the Articles and the subsequent decisions taken by the CMA. It distils the complexities of the Articles for both novice and seasoned negotiators alike, providing background and explanations in an...
28 November 2023
On 22 November 2023, Dr. Frederica Fricano (Director at the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security and Head of the Italian delegation to the UNFCCC), Professor Benito Müller (ecbi Director and Convener, International Climate Policy, ECI, University of Oxford) and Giacomo Di Capua (Italian YUNGO delegate) spoke at an event at John Cabot University in Rome. The event was organised by Professor Michele Favorite (Director of Italian Admissions, JCU) on challenges of COP 28. Dr. Fricano provided an...
27 November 2023
I have known Saleem as a friend and collaborator for most of this century and was promoting the idea of Climate Solidarity Levies at a meeting with representatives of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda when I learned the shocking and truly tragic news that he had passed away. Although he had been hospitalised for a viral infection, he had recovered enough to return home the week before only to be taken from us by what his obituaries ( Dhaka...
30 October 2023
On Tuesday, 24 October 2023, ecbi Director Professor Benito Müller, in his capacity as a Strategic Partner to the Alliance of Small Island States , gave a presentation on Climate Solidarity Levies and a proposal for a Climate Solidarity Alliance. After a brief overview of what has been happening in the multilateral negotiations with regard to Loss and Damage finance, he presented a brief history of solidarity levies, starting with the French air-ticket levy for UNITAID . He proceeded to...
25 October 2023
