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HOW THE DIALOGUE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE FROM CIVIL SOCIETY WENT IN BERLIN DURING THE 13TH PETERSBERG CLIMATE DIALOGUE
The 13th Petersberg Climate Dialogue, held between 17 and 19 July immediately after the G7 summit and interim negotiations in Bonn, brought together senior representatives from some 40 countries to pave the way towards COP27. As part of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, an ICN volunteer also participated in the informal exchange with German government representatives and other young civil society delegates.
ECOSOC HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM: HOW ON CLIMATE THE LACK OF WILL SLOWS DOWN MULTILATERAL ACTION FOR THE 2030 AGENDA
From 5 to 15 July, the High-Level Political Forum, the culmination of the review process of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda, took place in New York. The results revealed the current political immobility on key issues such as climate, environment, development and rights.
NDC UPDATE: STILL MANY ABSENTEES AT ROLL CALL
At the end of COP26, in November 2021, world leaders included in the final policy document, the Glasgow Climate Pact, the promise that each UNFCCC member state would submit updated targets on climate change mitigation and adaptation by COP27, or at least by the end of 2022. What happened to that promise? How many countries have deposited updates of their national climate pledges (NDCs)?
NATURAL GAS: AFRICAN NEGOTIATING CHAOS THREE MONTHS BEFORE COP27
A three-day series of meetings and workshops on Africa's ecological transition and energy in the run-up to COP27 concluded in Addis Ababa on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at the headquarters of the African Union. The meeting was also attended by an important part of the African Negotiating Group (ANG), the official grouping of African delegates to the COPs. Among the goals of the Addis Ababa meeting was to strengthen a common position just ahead of the Egyptian summit in November, but things did not go as many expected.
COP15 BIODIVERSITY: THE GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY AGREEMENT IS STILL NOT READY. MOVING TOWARDS A FIFTH NEGOTIATING SESSION
At the end of June, what was to be the fourth and final session of preparatory negotiations in view of the conclusion of COP15 at the end of 2022 was held in Nairobi. In fact, after the March interim negotiations in Geneva, delegates had decided to schedule an additional negotiating session before COP15, held in Nairobi from 21 to 26 June 2022, further pushing back the closing date of COP15.