The Earth Diplomacy Leadership Initiative was founded by Climate Civics and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. The aim was to support a vision of multidisciplinary strategic thinking and negotiation for mutual gains as core elements of nation state diplomacy in the 21st century, and inherent levers for adding value in climate-related diplomacy.
Since the Paris Agreement was signed in April 2016, all nations have seen climate risks and impacts becoming more frequent and more intense, with costs, risks, and impacts, compounding each other and threatening to destabilize communities and regional and national economies. We are already seeing the ripple effects of pervasive climate disruption interfering with international relations and with political and trade conditions, in countries of all income levels and political structures.
In the area of food systems alone, unsustainable practices and their impacts have cost more than $140 trillion, over these 9 years.
In 2025, diplomacy in general and climate crisis response, specifically, are under pressure, over and above the rapidly rising costs of inaction, impact, and destabilization.
So, the Earth Diplomacy Leadership Initiative is looking at the particulars of the negotiations—how decisions about Adaptation Indicators and cooperative financing modalities will shape the future for all of us—and also at levers for mainstreaming climate action, including food systems transformation, restoration of ecosystems, and climate banking innovation.
REPORTS & DISPATCHES
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MAINSTREAMING
Mainstreaming climate action means meeting the “integrated. holistic, and balanced” standard set the Paris Agreement—formulating plans, investments, and opportunities that play out across the everyday economy and allow people of all levels of income and expertise to contribute to climate risk reduction and resilience building.
Some key background on mechanisms for mainstreaming:
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Article 6.8 Reading List
Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement calls for multidimensional “non-market” international cooperation to accelerate climate action. This resource library contains an overview of Article 6.8 and links to concepts and examples of value-building multilateral cooperative arrangements to drive climate-resilient development.
Climate Banking Innovation Dialogue
The Climate Banking Innovation Dialogue is a multi-part discussion forum exploring the structural imperatives and far-reaching opportunities linked to mainstream banks beginning to work as climate banks, supporting local risk reduction, resilience building, and business model innovation.
The Climate Action & Food Systems Alliance
The Climate Action and Food Systems Alliance (CAFSA.net) brings together local and global civil society organizations (CSOs), in Africa, the Americas, and around the world, with interest in upgrading everyday food system activities to better align with climate goals and sustainable development.
COP29 Events & Outcomes
The COP29 round of UN Climate Change negotiations in Baku, in November 2024, produced a contested global commitment to deliver $300 billion per year from wealthy countries and $1.3 trillion “from all sources”. Get into the details in this interactive resource library tracking the process and outcomes.