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From the Green Mountains to Small Islands
- Will COP27 be the “Implementation” COP Egypt has Promised?
- Advantages and Disadvantages of the Paris Agreement’s Legal Structure
- Who Should Foot the Bill?: The Role of Developed Countries in Meeting the Paris Agreement’s Temperature Goals
- Is Self-Differentiation a Good Way to Reach Equitable Climate Solutions?
- The Global Goal on Adaptation: A Paris Agreement Feature That Tells a Broader Story
- Is Climate Justice Possible in the COP Process?
- Loss and Damage: The Critical Next Step in Global Climate Action
- Key Priorities and Perspectives of Developing Countries as Parties Work to Establish a NCQG for the Climate Finance
- More, Better, Faster: Climate Finance at COP27 and Beyond
- Climate Change and Intergenerational Equity
- Gender Justice, LGBTQ+ Justice, and Climate Justice: How Climate Change Impacts Marginalized Communities
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LIVE FROM COP26: Green Colonialism Threatening Life of the Arctic and the Livelihood of Indigenous Peoples
By Student Delegate Mackenzie Bindas COP26 provided a narrow opportunity for diverse communities to show how climate change impacts their livelihoods directly and the urgent need for climate action. Media used to convey these climate messages include films, music, artwork, … Continue reading
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Eyes on SIDS at COP26: How one country tracks zooplankton dynamics towards climate ready fisheries and food security
By Student Delegate Mackenzie Bindas For some time now, vulnerable coastal communities and small island nations who rely on the ocean environment have been at increasingly high risk of climate-driven changes impacting food security. Coastal communities and small island nations … Continue reading
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Seagrass: A Blue-Green Investment in our Future
By Student Delegate Mariah Harrod This past summer, the Government of Seychelles amended its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to set stronger safeguards for its coastal wetlands. The updated NDC sought protection and restoration for seagrass and mangroves, in particular, committing … Continue reading
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Carbon Offsets Raise Needed Money For Climate Mitigation Projects, But Using Them To Excuse Emissions Raises Serious Doubts
Carbon credits, or offsets, have become such a familiar feature of the climate change response landscape that they’ve even earned a euphemism, “nature-based solutions.” The desire to speak of “solutions” rather than the unfashionable “offsets” betrays some of the controversy … Continue reading
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No adjustors, no lawyers, no paperwork…no problems on financial support for loss and damage
Blockchain technology may simplify the process for farmers to access insurance payouts for loss and damage from climate events. Parties have only a few days remaining to make decisions about which way Article 6, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the … Continue reading
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Should COP25 Re-brand? A “Show Me the Money!” Mentality
Center stage, COP25 seems to be all about money. The negotiations regarding climate finance and adaptation have made little progress this past week because of an ongoing conflict that has dominated negotiations since before the Kyoto Protocol: developed versus developing nations, … Continue reading
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Progress on the Margins, For the Marginalized
Money, finance, moolah, whatever you want to call it, it is truly what the negotiations at COP seem to be all about. Progress is slow when it comes to two main issues we are tracking here at COP25, Article 6 … Continue reading
Biden Says the U.S. is Back—Others Not as Sure
By Professor Derek Walker The Curtain came down on COP27’s first week after a whirlwind visit from President Biden and growing signs that many major issues will be punted to the COP28 meeting next year in Dubai. The President seized … Continue reading
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Who Should Foot the Bill?: The Role of Developed Countries in Meeting the Paris Agreement’s Temperature Goals
By Student Delegate Cynthia Kane Climate change is the behemoth problem of our times; it is often referred to as “super wicked” due to its complexity, long-term effects, and uncertain trajectory.[1] Nowhere is this complexity more apparent than in the Paris Agreement … Continue reading
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COP27 Delegation
Derek Walker – Professor, Head of Delegation Professor Derek Walker is an Adjunct Professor in International Climate Change Law and the Vice President for the U.S. Region at Environmental Defense Fund, where he oversees a portfolio of policy initiatives aimed … Continue reading
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