by Jacopo Bencini, Policy Advisor, ICN UNFCCC contact point On the morning of Thursday 17 June, the first online intersessionals (the annual intermediate climate negotiations under the UNFCCC) came to an end. Delegates from nearly two hundred countries adhering to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) had... Read More

by Jacopo Bencini, Policy Advisor, ICN UNFCCC contact point The second week of intermediate climate negotiations closes after a series of long night sessions (for us Italians) characterized, in many cases, by a repetition of well-known positions on most agenda items, with a few significant steps forward. In particular, the... Read More

By Jacopo Bencini, ICN Policy Advisor This article is part of ICN’s weekly report from the SB2021 meetings (UNFCCC SB52) The first week of June 2021 has seen the comeback of climate negotiations, after a one-and-a-half-year break. These Subsidiary Bodies negotiations are unconventional: they’re held entirely online and will last... Read More

By Jacopo Bencini, ICN Policy Advisor On the 31st of May, after a year and a half of delay due to the pandemic, the climate change negotiations are back in a digital format: the traditional intermediate negotiations which normally would take place in Bonn (Germany) will be carried out completely... Read More

“The Green Deal is advantageous: benefits for the economy and employment in Italy by 2030” is the international version of the report and is now available for free download by clicking here: Is it possible to keep together climate action, wealth, the creation of new (sustainable) jobs, and massive investments in technology under a Green Deal approach?In... Read More