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EMISSIONS, UNEP: WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) officially presented its Emission Gap Report during a side event at COP26 in Glasgow. The Emission Gap Report 2021 analyses the gap between estimated greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 according to the mitigation commitments set out in the NDCs and the global emissions levels...

NATIONAL COMMITMENTS: A RANKING

On the sidelines of negotiations at the Glasgow Conference, the NGO Germanwatch presented the results of its latest Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) at a press conference. This is an independent report that the organization has published every year since 2005, in which a team of 450 experts analyze the...

ARE MITIGATION EFFORTS EQUITABLE?

During these days in Glasgow, we have seen multiple announcements from countries on emissions reductions, climate neutrality, coal phase-out and financial support to developing countries and to forest protection. With each announcement, analysts and observers question how far the commitments outlined are in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals of...

CIRCULAR ECONOMY TO RELAUNCH NDC AMBITION

The role of the circular economy in boosting the ambition of national determined contributions (NDCs) was the topic of an official UNFCCC side event, held on Saturday 6th November. The event was moderated by the Secretary for Climate Change of Argentina and featured contributions from several multilateral organizations such as...

TRANSPARENCY, NO OUTCOME GUARANTEED

As the first week of the transparency negotiations comes to a close, it remains uncertain what the final outcome of this COP on the issue will be. There have been many hours of discussion and many hours of work. To date, the parties involved are close to an agreement on...

NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE GOALS

During the first week of COP26 an important theme of some side events is nature-based solutions (NbS). It has been treated in different ways both in official events and in those organized by the civil society. The definitions of nature-based solutions were defined by IUCN in 2016 as “actions to protect, sustainably...

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