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Our Quo Vadis COP? Future Arrangements for Intergovernmental Meetings under the UNFCCC – Settled and Fit for Purpose (March 2021) was premised on the fact that the purpose of the multilateral climate negotiations had shifted from negotiating multilateral treaties to implementing them. This shift of focus, our Report argued, needed to be reflected in a shift in the role and functioning of the involved multilateral bodies, in particular the Conference of the Parties (COP) and its Subsidiary Bodies (SBs)....
With ecbi set to publish an update to its 2021 report Quo Vadis COP? Future Arrangements for Intergovernmental Meetings under the UNFCCC – Settled and Fit for Purpose, many prominent people that are or have been involved in the climate process have signed onto a Club of Rome letter calling for reform to the COP process. Signatories include former UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon, former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, and former...
At COP29, DanChurchAid, Oxford Climate Policy (OCP), and the International Peace Institute (IPI) hosted a side event titled “Innovative Sources for Loss and Damage Funding: Introducing the Climate Solidarity Alliance”.
Through presentations and a panel discussion, the event explored the role of climate solidarity levies as a potential solution for raising domestic funds and enhancing international collaboration. Participants emphasized the urgency of scaling up funding to address the growing impacts of climate change and encouraged countries to implement these levies and...
ecbi hosted an Asia Pacific Regional Training workshop for novice climate negotiators to gain a better understanding of the climate process, the main issues being addressed in the climate negotiations, and the mechanics of negotiations so they can more effectively participate in meetings under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement.
The workshop, held from 22-24 October 2024, at the Lemon Tree Premier Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal, was attended by 19 participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated States...