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Jun

EU PARLIAMENT APPROVES CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE DIRECTIVE

On 1 June, the European Parliament adopted the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD), with 366 votes in favour, 225 against and 38 abstentions. This is a historic step for the EU, which is moving ever closer to the international business and sustainability standards dictated by the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Guidelines.

Jun

A LONG-AWAITED POLITICAL MIRACLE

Climate and Advocacy

Until a few years ago, the term 'Loss and Damage' recalled few and vague general concepts, except in a small bubble of climate science insiders. But then, on a torrid Egyptian night, in a huge conference centre with thousands of international delegates, military personnel, observers, journalists, and other public figures at 3.30 a.m., the final plenary of COP27, which was to become 'the COP of loss and damage' a few hours later, finally got underway. A historic event. You may or may not have heard of it.

Jun

BONN, WHAT A WORK

Climate and Advocacy, Conferences of Parties

The intermediate climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, ended on the evening of June 15th, 2023. For years now we were used to interim negotiations that were quite placid compared to the troubled COPs. In Bonn, far from the international press and the hype that characterizes every COP displaying Heads of State, demonstrations, journalists and helicopters, the delegations of the Countries usually find the time and the relative calm to deepen, reason, understand each other, prepare the next Conference. Now the intermediates seem like COPs, instead.

Jun

ADAPTATION: DRAFT INDEX FOR THE GLOBAL GOAL ON THE WAY TO COP28

Climate and Advocacy

At the Bonn interim climate negotiations, the decision text on the Global Goal on Adaptation, containing a framework for the final COP28 decision, was approved, along with an informal note with content options.

Jun

WILL YOUNG PEOPLE BE INCLUDED TOWARDS COP28?

Climate and Advocacy, Conferences of Parties

For some years now, young people have been asking with ever stronger determination for larger and more real inclusion in the negotiation process. During the last few conferences, some progress has been made with specific initiatives dedicated precisely to giving girls and boys more space for dialogue and discussion: from the appointment of the climate champion to the establishment of the international youth delegate programme, from the Milanese edition of Youth4climate, in 2021, up to Youth4Capacity, a series of events and activities to strengthen the role of young people in climate action. But what exactly do these initiatives entail?