WORLD CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT WORLD LEADERS AT COP28
The first days of the COP28 in Dubai have been hectic and full of twists and turns. A Conference of the Parties at the centre of criticism since its first announcement, weighed down by an extremely critical geopolitical scenario and in a global context in which the impacts of global warming, or 'global boiling' as it has been called by UN Secretary General António Guterres, are alarming.
THE PLEA FOR URGENCY FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AT COP28: CLIMATE ACTION AND IMMEDIATE FUNDS
The high-level Side Event on climate finance needs of developing countries, which took place during COP28 in Dubai, highlighted the progress made in implementing the Needs-Based Finance (NBF) project to facilitate access and mobilizing of climate finance for the needs and priorities of developing countries on a regional basis.
Present at the panel were the Cook Islands, Grenada and the Republic of Tajikistan, all agreeing with the need to enhance climate finance and its access, especially for climate adaptation.
MELONI GOES ALL-IN ON LOSS AND DAMAGE
Anything could have been expected from the leaders' summit at COP28, except coming out with Italy as the top global donor to the Loss and Damage Fund.
LOSS AND DAMAGE, FLASH APPROVAL
COP28 started with the foot on the accelerator: lightning adoption for the Loss and Damage Fund. Analysis by Jacopo Bencini, ICN Policy Advisor.
TOWARDS COP16 ON BIODIVERSITY: THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT ON NATURE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
The European Business & Biodiversity Summit was held in Milan. The purpose of the summit was to take stock of the COP16 on biodiversity to be held next year, at a location to be determined after Turkey withdrew its candidature and to understand how prepared the private sector is for the targets dictated by the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), the global biodiversity agreement adopted last year in Montreal during COP 15.