Category: Earth Diplomacy
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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…
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COP29 Closing Hours Status Update
This virtual meeting took place on Friday, November 22, as the COP29 was scheduled to wind down and finalize agreed outcomes. Wide remaining differences of views on the proposed draft outcome on the new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on climate…
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The foundations of future peace, prosperity & wellbeing
The Paris Agreement points to a future of reduced risk & improved outcomes for all. Can the COP29 agree to take us there? The Paris Agreement is focused on international cooperative response to industrial disruption of Earth’s climate system. It…
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Earth Diplomacy Leadership Report: See the landscape, work for mutual gains
The COP29 cycle of Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops has delivered important insights about the risks and opportunities in the Baku negotiations, and suggested a number of overarching goals that could help the process deliver better outcomes for people, nations, and…