Circular Carbon Economy
A framework to manage and reduce carbon emissions that was proposed and promoted by Saudi Arabia when it hosted the G20 summit in 2020. It resembles the 3R model (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) and adds further elements to it, such as and . While the basic assumption is correct and necessary, namely that carbon can and […]
Conference of the Parties (COP)
COP refers to the Conference of the Parties to the , which is normally held annually. Negotiations at COPs do not “solve” the , but they aim to adopt an outcome text unanimously agreed by all parties, which they usually achieve. Since negotiations involve desperate countries impacted by as well as countries exporting fossil fuels, […]
COP28
COP28 refers to the 28th session of the to the , which convenes from 30 November to 12 December, 2023 in the United Arab Emirates. Plan of COP28 COP28 will witness the first enshrined in the , which aims to assess the global response to every five years. This will be a critical step in […]
Faith-Based Climate Action
Advocacy and actions taken by religious leaders, institutions and worshippers to combat the . Religious authorities from major world religions have issued statements and joined initiatives to spread climate science and call for collective climate action. Sessions of the , have also been used to promote faith-based engagement in side-events.
Global Stocktake
The Global Stocktake (GST) is a process established under the to track progress of global and efforts. Background Article 14 of the Paris Agreement stipulates that the purpose of the GST is to assess the “collective progress” with regards to “mitigation, adaptation and the means of implementation and support”. Under this article, the first GST […]
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body that assesses the science related to climate change and provides policymakers with recommendations on how to combat . Assessment Reports produced by the IPCC summarize the latest and most robust research on climate change. The IPCC findings tend to be biased towards the […]
Paris Agreement
An agreement reached at COP21 in Paris in 2015 with a set of targets, most notably keeping at 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. Because commitments by countries in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs do not add up to a pathway that would meet this target, the Paris Agreement includes a “ratchet mechanism” that requires all […]
Paris Targets: 2° and 1.5° Target
Keeping the global mean temperature below 1.5 °C or 2°C heating compared to pre-industrial levels. Temperatures are expected to be higher than this average in some regions and lower in others. The prepared a special report on the 1.5°C target in 2018 to lay out the rationale and the options for achieving the target, including […]
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