COP (UN Climate Conference)

Conference of the Parties (COP): Yearly World Climate Conference of the members of the Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Dossiers

Blick aus Luft auf die Skyline von Dubai, dahinter sandige Böden und staubige Luft

Articles

Why the Youth is Angry at COP29’s Results

Published: 12 December 2024

Commentary

For 29 years, youth groups have been calling for immediate solutions to climate change yet wealthy nations are locked in golden towers counting coins as the world warms up!

By Hajar Al-Beltaji and Alab Ayroso

Foto: Eine Gruppe Aktivist*innen sitzt und steht in einer Halle, hält Schilder mit Aufschriften wie „FIGHT BACK“ und „RESIST“ und hebt die Hände.

COP29 Exacerbates Climate Injustice

Published: 29 November 2024

Analysis

COP29 was expected to deliver a global goal for climate finance that meets the challenges of the future. It failed to do so. Instead, it launched international carbon markets that create new loopholes for fossil fuel emitters.

By Linda Schneider

COP29: Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?

Published: 22 November 2024

Commentary

When the Loss and Damage Fund was created last year, it was hailed as a triumph for climate justice. But it might turn out to be just the opposite, as it not only fails to deliver the support developing countries need to cope with loss and damage, but also provides an excuse not to include such support in new climate-finance goals.

By Liane Schalatek

Photo: A row of police officers in helmets holding back a crowd. Some individuals are shouting, one person wears a vest labeled "Press."

Azerbaijan Greenwashes Authoritarianism at COP29

Published: 20 November 2024

Commentary

For the Azerbaijani regime, hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku represents a chance to obscure its poor climate record and relentless attacks on civil society.

By Arzu Geybulla

CBD COP16: Wins and losses for biodiversity and peoples, unfinished business on implementation

Published: 19 November 2024

Commentary

The sixteenth UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, faced significant challenges and ran overtime due to disagreements between developing and developed countries. A resumed meeting will be required to address these unfinished issues.

By Mirna Inés Fernández

Junge Menschen beim Klimaprotest, eine Person hält ein Schild mit der Aufschrift "There is no planet b" hoch.

Marginalization of the marginalized

Published: 18 November 2024

Commentary

The climate crisis affects marginalized communities disproportionately more than others even though they are the least responsible. Reason enough to give them space in the UNFCCC climate negotiations - but the current tendency seems the exact opposite.

By Liliane Pollmann, Srijani Datta and Global Young Greens (GYG)

Eine Gruppe jubelnder Menschen in einem Saal, einige mit erhobenen Fäusten. Sie lachen und wirken freudig vereint

After the COP16 Biodiversity Conference in Colombia: What remains and what comes next

Published: 14 November 2024

Commentary

The UN Conference on Biological Diversity (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, ended in early November with important resolutions, but no agreement on the key issue of financing biodiversity conservation.

By Evelyn Hartig

Zwei Personen stehen vor einer großen, industriellen Anlage mit mehreren Lüftern. Stahlträger und Rohre sind sichtbar.

UN climate talks could undermine precaution on geoengineering called for by the biodiversity convention

Published: 7 November 2024

Analysis

UNFCCC negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement risk legitimising dangerous Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) schemes and undermining precautionary work being undertaken in other UN fora.

By Linda Schneider and Silvia Ribeiro

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Publications

Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Operationalization of the Loss & Damage Fund

Published: 24 October 2023

Policy Brief

This policy brief is an expanded version of the Submission made by the Manila Observatory to the UNFCCC Transitional Committee after a sector-wide SEA-specific workshop in Bangkok, Thailand August 2023.

By Ma. Laurice Jamero, Jameela Joy Reyes, Hazel Acero, Jayvy Gamboa and Bernardine de Belen

Climate Governance and the Role of Climate Finance in Morocco

Published: 31 October 2016

As a country very vulnerable to climate change impacts, Morocco, the host of COP22, has very high climate ambitions and has taken on a global leadership role in committing to a renewable energy future. This study explores what role climate finance has played to allow Morocco to act as a trendsetter and how its climate finance governance can be further improved.

By Meriem Houzir and Mustapha Mokass

How should we communicate the COP21 outcome and what does it mean for the EU’s 2016 agenda?

Published: 2 December 2015

The level of political commitment in the build up to Paris means a deal is very likely. But, the devil will be in the detail. The final Policy Brief of the "From Warsaw to Paris" series discusses how to communicate the COP21 outcome and what the outcomes of Paris mean for the EU’s 2016 climate and energy agenda.

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COP (UN Climate Conference)

Dossiers

COP28: Dubai

COP20: Lima

COP24: Katowice

COP26: Glasgow

Articles

Why the Youth is Angry at COP29’s Results

COP29 Exacerbates Climate Injustice

COP29: Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?

Azerbaijan Greenwashes Authoritarianism at COP29

CBD COP16: Wins and losses for biodiversity and peoples, unfinished business on implementation

Marginalization of the marginalized

After the COP16 Biodiversity Conference in Colombia: What remains and what comes next

UN climate talks could undermine precaution on geoengineering called for by the biodiversity convention

Publications

Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Operationalization of the Loss & Damage Fund

Climate Governance and the Role of Climate Finance in Morocco

How should we communicate the COP21 outcome and what does it mean for the EU’s 2016 agenda?

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