Category: Earth Diplomacy
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Turning ideas into action
Earth’s climate is changing. This is the story of planetary health affecting human security and wellbeing. It is the result of a polycrisis, in which multiple overlapping structural drivers of change are all moving in the wrong direction, and compounding…
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10 years after Paris, the climate imperative is clear
An ethical and practical exploration of climate disruption and the future of human development On November 25, 2025, Climate Civics Executive Director Joseph Robertson gave a guest lecture and led a condensed future-visioning exercise for the St. John’s University course…
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Dynamic multilevel climate action to save lives & secure the future
A look ahead to Week 2 of the COP30 UN Climate Change negotiations, and to a thriving climate future The global climate challenge is defined in the 1992 UN Climate Convention: “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Now…
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Zero harm is the transformational goal
If your highest aspiration is easy to achieve, you are less likely to make transformational change. On an individual level, such easy asks can keep things comfortable, so long as all of the necessary conditions for comfort happen to hold together.…
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COP30: A Foundation for Climate Security & Prosperity
We can achieve a world of security, prosperity, dignity, and freedom for all people. That project starts with reducing climate risk and related destabilizing effects, while supporting expanded investment in local communities. The COP30 can establish the foundations for this…
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After SB62: Climate rescue is possible, but progress is dangerously slow
The SB62 round of United Nations Climate Change negotiations have concluded in Bonn, Germany. The key takeaway for many participants and observers seems to be: The SB62 advanced some important work, but real-world action is still lagging far behind what is needed, and…
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Bonn-Belém insights: We are all future-builders
The SB62 round of Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops explored complexities and leverage points in The Process, while asking detailed questions about ways to bring climate policy and action into everyday experience. For this, we reviewed the important connections between climate…
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SB62 brief: Everyday climate rescue is the future
A ‘Blue Note‘ policy brief from Climate Civics and the Climate Value Exchange for negotiators at the SB62 round of United Nations Climate Change negotiations, in Bonn, Germany. As negotiators gather in Bonn, Germany, for the 62nd meeting of the…
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Advancing Climate-Smart Trade & Finance
Trade is leverage for climate rescue & resilience-building Report from a special virtual forum to discuss levers for advancing climate-smart trade and finance, as modes of sustainable human development Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement calls for international cooperation to…
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Diplomacy under Pressure: The Belém Opportunity
Belem opportunity – draft outcome 2025-0319 Political preferences do not make climate change a non-problem. In fact, evidence shows global heating and climate disruption are accelerating, while damages and costs are proliferating. Since the middle of last year, the U.S.…
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Earth Diplomacy in 2025: Pressures, Outlook & References
On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, CCI will host a special informal Earth Diplomacy Leadership discussion forum, to look at: Climate disruption affects every region of the world, projecting risk and impact through a vital system that spans the entire planet.…
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Nine years after Paris: what COP29 means for our collective future
Today marks 9 years from the day the Paris Agreement was established as the consensus outcome from the COP21 round of UN Climate Change negotiations. That moment was one of jubilation, relief, hope, and excitement. The Paris Agreement was designed…