Current events
23rd Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (COP 23)
This meeting will address concrete actions to achieve a green transition in the Mediterranean.
UN Climate Change Conference - United Arab Emirates Nov/Dec 2023
When climate negotiators arrive in Dubai, they'll have a full agenda: completion of the first Global Stocktake under the 2015 Paris Agreement, operationalizing the funding arrangements for loss and damage, a new collective quantified goal on climate finance, and the global goal on adaptation, among other items.
IISD at COP 28
At COP 28, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) will focus its events on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs): how they prepare communities for climate change impacts; the lessons learned in tracking them; how regional governments are making strides; and how to lower the barrier to create effective plans.
CGIAR at COP 28
At COP 28, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) will address two of humanity’s most urgent challenges—climate change and food security.
UN-SPBF at COP 28
At COP 28, the UN’s fastest growing multi-sector convening platform on the environment will bring together decision makers to focus on technology, partnerships, and integrated solutions for nature.
FAO at COP 28
FAO’s programme of events at COP 28 includes discussions on the intersection of agriculture and loss and damage, and adaptation solutions for agrifood systems, as well as the climate finance gap these face.
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Multi-sector collaboration: Accelerating Climate Action and Delivering the Global Methane Pledge
Multi-sector Collaboration: Accelerating Climate Action and Delivering the Global Methane Pledge The urgent need to reduce methane emissions, which are major contributors to climate change, has spurred pledges to take action from governments and national and international oil companies (NOCs and IOCs), including the Global Methane Pledge announced at COP 26 and new Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC).
Advancing Sustainable Forest Management: Financing Mechanisms for Carbon and Biodiversity
Tropical forests are vital for climate change mitigation and adaptation, storing immense amounts of carbon and contributing significantly to global biodiversity.
Gender Just Climate Solutions
The goal of the Paris Agreement, aiming to enhance the global response to the threat of climate change, demands ambitious solutions that elevate the voices of those directly confronting climate challenges on the frontlines.
Climate Finance: The Role of the Climate Funds in Supporting Developing Countries
Climate finance must be increased to meet the global climate challenge so that developing countries can increase the ambition of their responses.
Land and Environmental Defenders: Advancing Climate Justice
Evidence suggests that attacks on people engaged in the protection of land and the environment continue to increase across the globe, including through assaults, murders, intimidation, harassment, stigmatization, and criminalization of their efforts.
A Just Transition Work Programme with the Trade Unions Delivering Climate Justice
A Just Transition Work Programme with the Trade Unions Delivering Climate Justice Effective implementation of the Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP), established at COP 27, requires the full participation of workers and trade unions to ensure a socially just transformation of the world’s infrastructure and energy systems, which upholds and extends labor rights.
Progresses and challenges for implementing the JCM under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
International voluntary cooperation, such as through Japan’s Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), is key to accelerating the adoption of low carbon technologies to address the climate crisis.
Can Carbon Capture and Storage Decarbonise the Cement Sector in Developed and Emerging Economies?
Can Carbon Capture and Storage Decarbonise the Cement Sector in Developed and Emerging Economies? Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) are crucial technological solutions in the fight against the climate change.
Upcoming events
2nd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on a Science-Policy Panel to Contribute Further to the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and to Prevent Pollution
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