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OVERALL ASSESMENT/EVALUATION OF CLIMATE FINANCE: A TOPIC DIFFICULT TO DEFINE AND TO IMPLEMENT

Every year at the Conferences of the Parties an item on the agenda is an evaluation of the work of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF). The SCF was established at COP16 to assist Parties in their negotiations on climate finance mechanisms within the UNFCCC. The SCF’s tasks include (i)...

THE POSITION OF THE EU: PHASE OUT AND HISTORIC RESPONSIBILITY

“We need to look further ahead and prepare the ground for the next round of NDCs and get to the heart of the matter: the thing we are all obviously talking about is phase out. Let me again be clear about the EU position: this COP must mark the beginning...

CLIMATE FINANCE AND WHERE TO FIND IT

In parallel to the new post-2025 climate finance objective (New Collective Quantified Goal), so-called “long-term finance” is also being discussed at COP28. A bit of context: at COP15 in Copenhagen it was established that Annex II Countries, those with the obligation to provide financial support, would have to allocate a...

HEALTH ENTERS THE AGENDA AT COP28, BUT THERE IS STILL MUCH TO DO

At COP28, health entered the agenda of the United Nations’ climate conferences for the first time. The COP28 Presidency and the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Prevention of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have announced the “UAE Declaration on Climate and Health”. Endorsed...

COP28, HERE IS THE “GLOBAL PLEDGE”, THE COMMITMENT TO TRIPLE RENEWABLES AND DOUBLE ENERGY EFFICIENCY BY 2030

It had been in the air for several weeks even before the start of work in Dubai, but the confirmation has finally arrived: the European Union and the Presidency of COP28 have launched the Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge. Signed by 118 countries (but without China and India at...

COP28, WHERE ARE WE AND WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE NEXT DAYS

We are now halfway through the first week of COP28. After getting off to a flying start – with the quick approval of the agenda and a fast and unexpected green light for the Loss and Damage fund -, the negotiations continued on a tight schedule in the first 4...

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