CJN! intervention to the ADP

This statement is due to be delivered by Meena Raman from Third World Network, a member of Climate Justice Now! to the ADP plenary. When that plenary happens (it has been postponed several times) we will endeavour to upload a video.  It is astounding that developed countries appear to be engaging in doublespeak here in Doha. At your roundtable discussions, we heard them talk of climate...

Once Upon a Time in the West [South]

by Anjali Appadurai All was quiet on the desert front. Party delegates prepared quietly for the meeting of the Long-Term Cooperative Action (LCA) working group, for which they had been presented with a recent text drafted by the Chair. In the calm before the storm, many of us wondered if the G77+China, a group of the majority of the world's developing countries, would be able to hold a united...

Financing & Addressing Climate Change: Root Problems with Climate Finance

by Bogdan Zymka Whether you like it or hate it with every atom in your being, money is what makes the world go-round these days.  It is the same with climate finance; you can’t have implementation without the means to do so. Climate change has already caused billions of dollars’ worth of damage and is likely to cause billions more in the coming years. Besides the damage that has...

Standing Committee and Long-Term Finance under UNFCCC

by Bogdan Zymka Finance is a crucial aspect of making the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change an effective regime. The finance system under the UNFCCC is extremely complex. The beginning of the financial mechanism was established under Article 11 of the convention: “A mechanism for the provision of financial resources on a grant or concessional basis, including for the...

YOUNGO intervention to SBI

this intervention was delivered to the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI) by David Gawaith of the New Zealand Youth Delegation on behalf of YOUNGO Thank you Chair, my name is David Gawith and I will be 60 years old in in 2050 Your task this week is a challenging one. The SBI is expected to complete its entire business this session by Saturday.  We stand ready to assist you in this...