climate finance

Day 2 Policy Updates: Welcome to COP

Nathan Thanki November 14, 2013 0 Comments

by Bogdan Zymka and Lara Shirley Since these were the first two days of COP19, not much exciting has happened: only a couple contentious discussions in various forums. In the COP (Conference of the Parties), the G77+China strongly emphasized the need for a finance roadmap and strong mitigation targets calling it "an implementation COP". Definite finance targets are on track to become a key...

YOUNGO Intervention to CMP Plenary on Adaptation Fund

Surya Karki November 14, 2013 0 Comments

by Surya Karki and Nathan Thanki Intervention delivered by Surya Karki on behalf of Youth NGOs; Thank you Mr. President. My name is Surya, and am speaking on behalf of the youth constituencies. I am from Nepal where I have seen firsthand the impacts of climate change. Droughts are impacting agriculture, the main source of income for people in my village, and people are going hungry as a result....

Expelled from the United Nations: How the Executive Secretary Reacts to Solidarity with the Phillippines

Graham Hallett November 13, 2013 5 Comments

By Maria Alejandra Escalante and Graham Thurston Hallett Before anything please watch this moving testament by Yeb Sano, head of the delegation of the Philippines. Four hours in, day one, COP19: Poland. Half a planet away, while the other half perishes with 20 years of inaction. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is tasked with saving the planet from anthropogenic...

First day, first actions, first signs of hope

Lucas Burdick November 12, 2013 0 Comments

by Lucas Burdick This is a late post, and very much a developing story. “Climate change means we face a future where super typhoons will no longer be one-in-one hundred year events…” said head negotiator for the Philippines, Yeb Sano, at the opening plenary of the COP. You could hear the tiredness in his voice and as he spent much of...

LOSS AND DAMAGE MUST BE ADDRESSED NOW: WE DEMAND A STRONG MECHANISM

Maria Escalante November 11, 2013 0 Comments

by Katie O’Brien & Maria Alejandra Escalante What is Loss and Damage? In the climate negotiations, the focus is often on mitigation and adaptation, but these two alone cannot fully address the impacts of climate change. Some climate change impacts have already been locked in from historical emissions and many countries do not have the capacity to adapt to the oncoming effects, especially...