Category: Multilateral Cooperation
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SM26: Cooperate to prevent chaos
Reduced development finance and humanitarian aid are colliding with armed conflict and the planetary health crisis to degrade prospects for peace and prosperity.
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How local policy can support climate-smart trade
Meeting needs at the human scale creates opportunities for serving people across regions and internationally. Trade is the domain of national governments. In the European Union, it is largely treated as a supranational policy space. In the US, there is…
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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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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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80th UN General Assembly can jump start polycrisis response
The 80th annual meetings of the United Nations General Assembly come at a risk-filled turning point in global affairs. The United States and other leading member states are reducing their commitments to official development assistance and refocusing on military expenditures…
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We can free ourselves from chaos
Briefing note for the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund From Climate Civics and the Climate Value Exchange What are we doing? 2025 has been so far a time of deep turmoil, destabilizing long-standing alliances, financial markets, trade…
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Urgent imperatives & emerging opportunities (Climate Value status report)
Climate Value Exchange briefing note, reporting from December 2024 monthly meeting During the December 2024 monthly planning meeting for the Climate Value Exchange, we shared views on the COP29, its outcomes, and their implications for our collective future. We also…
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Mainstreaming Climate Action to Drive Development
An interactive look at Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement and its potential to bring about a transition to climate-smart trade, finance, and everyday economics, in all regions. Major structural anchors of Earth’s stable climate system—like Arctic ice—are disappearing; costs…
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COP29 should materially accelerate climate action to improve lives & livelihoods
CCI briefing note on COP29 focus areas A safe, resilient, and livable climate future is possible. That should be the subtext of every headline about climate disruption and our response. We can stop making climate change worse, and the solutions…
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Lifting up youth leaders at the Summit of the Future
Report by Cedric Dzelu – CCI Volunteer from Ghana and Youth Focal Person on Climate Change for the Africa Youth Commission From September 20th to 22nd, 2024, I had the honor of attending the United Nations’ Summit of the Future in New York, where…