International Climate Policy Archives - Page 8 of 28 - ClimaTalk

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The climate crisis and biodiversity crisis are deeply interconnected, and both need to be solved. There has been limited focus on jointly tackling climate change and biodiversity loss in international policy. As a year with 3 COPs, 2024 provides a unique opportunity to implement policy to solve both the climate and biodiversity crises and reassess how the international system tackles these crises.

Tripling Renewables By 2030: Opportunities And Challenges

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Tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030 is an ambitious yet essential step toward mitigating the impacts of climate change. The shift to renewable energy can increase energy security by reducing the dependence on fossil fuel. This article looks at the potential dividends from such an energy transition, including opportunities and challenges to achieving the 2030 target.

What Is Urban Resilience?

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Urban resilience is the ability of cities to survive, adapt, and thrive amid disruptions like natural disasters, climate change, economic and political crises. Climate resilience is a key component, as urban settings are particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures and other climate change effects. Measuring urban resilience requires a tailored, interdisciplinary approach, addressing evolving risks and local contexts.

Cities and the Climate Crisis

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Cities are major sources of emissions from both direct and indirect fossil fuel usage across sectors and are themselves vulnerable to the effects of climate change. There are many impacts of climate change on cities such as on health, infrastructure and energy. Some groups of society and the Global South overall are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

SB60: Personal Reflections from Bonn 2024

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Sep 25, 2024

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At ClimaTalk we’ve been reporting live from the UNFCCC climate conferences since COP26. The Bonn Climate Change Conference 2024 (SB60) was our fifth UNFCCC conference. With this booklet, we’re happy to be sharing some personal experiences of our ClimaTalk team on the ground.Chanel, Christy, Dan and Luisa speak about their experience getting familiar with the conference space, policy tracking, youth engagement, and offer advice to young people wanting to attend and get involved in the future.

Koch Industries And Their War On The Administrative State: A Defeat For The Climate

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Sep 9, 2024

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Overturning the Chevron doctrine is a power grab by the courts, driven by conservatives and industrialists. A group of chemical and energy companies, Koch Industries, is taking advantage of the conservative Supreme Court majority to advance their goal of undermining environmental regulation and worker protection through a concerted attack on federal agencies. Overturning the Chevron doctrine poses a signficant risk to global climate action and broader human rights in the United States.

How Should Climate Mobility Be Addressed In The Global Goal On Adaptation?

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Sep 9, 2024

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Elements of Human Mobility due to Climate Change (HMCC), such as migration and planned relocation, are increasingly being recognised as effective strategies for adaptation. Integration of HMCC into the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) will lead to a better understanding of this issue by developing quantifiable and measurable targets and indicators. HMCC can be integrated into GGA by including it as part of the iterative adaptation cycle, inviting The Taskforce on Displacement in consultations, understanding the inclusion of HMCC in existing NAPs and by broadening the scope of Adaptation Finance.

GUEST FEATURE: The SBs – The Climate Conference Few Have Heard Of

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Aug 29, 2024

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While the UN's annual COP conferences draw most of the media attention, the lesser-known Subsidiary Bodies (SBs) meetings, held biannually in Bonn, are where key technical discussions and negotiations take place.

US Mitigation Policy: A Four-State Comparison

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Jul 9, 2024

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Ranking climate mitigation policy in four US states, two Democratic and two Republican (Wyoming, California, Texas, and Michigan).

Regional Conference of Youth Europe 2024 Experience

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Jun 13, 2024

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RCOY (Regional Conference of Youth) Europe 2024 took place from 10th-12th May 2024 in Vienna, Austria! It was organised by CliMates Austria and was part of the official UNFCCC YOUNGO Conferences of Youth. We asked some participants to share their experiences with us by replying to three questions: Click through the carousels below to hear from Viktoriia,...