Tag: cci-events
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10 years after Paris, the climate imperative is clear
An ethical and practical exploration of climate disruption and the future of human development On November 25, 2025, Climate Civics Executive Director Joseph Robertson gave a guest lecture and led a condensed future-visioning exercise for the St. John’s University course Economics of Sustainable Development. The focus was a review of current and emerging trends in…
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After SB62: Climate rescue is possible, but progress is dangerously slow
The SB62 round of United Nations Climate Change negotiations have concluded in Bonn, Germany. The key takeaway for many participants and observers seems to be: The SB62 advanced some important work, but real-world action is still lagging far behind what is needed, and there needs to be more good faith—and less stalling—in the process of reaching consensus to…
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Bonn-Belém insights: We are all future-builders
The SB62 round of Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops explored complexities and leverage points in The Process, while asking detailed questions about ways to bring climate policy and action into everyday experience. For this, we reviewed the important connections between climate and food systems—a theme that will be followed up by the Climate Action and Food…
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SB62 brief: Everyday climate rescue is the future
A ‘Blue Note‘ policy brief from Climate Civics and the Climate Value Exchange for negotiators at the SB62 round of United Nations Climate Change negotiations, in Bonn, Germany. As negotiators gather in Bonn, Germany, for the 62nd meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (SB62), they will be…
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Now is the time to seize the climate opportunity
May 2025 Climate Value Exchange actionable insights brief In May 2025, the global climate disruption challenge is intensifying. The most significant features of this critical moment are: It is increasingly clear that the right to a clean, healthy environment will shape future economic and geopolitical relations. Given this, it is surprising—and will likely remain so…
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Earth Month 2025: Expanding the space for good outcomes
To close out Earth Month, we held a special virtual meeting with friends and allies of Climate Civics, on Wednesday, April 30. We had people joining from across Africa, as well as some in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. We reviewed recent activities and events, shared updates about new initiatives, discussed important upcoming engagement opportunities,…
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We can free ourselves from chaos
Briefing note for the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund From Climate Civics and the Climate Value Exchange What are we doing? 2025 has been so far a time of deep turmoil, destabilizing long-standing alliances, financial markets, trade relations, food prices, and vast reservoirs of wealth. Across the world, future-building potential is at…
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Living Well in Harmony with Nature is Our Best Future
A contribution to the High-Level Meeting on Harmony with Nature and Living Well – United Nations Headquarters, New York, 22 April 2025 We are living in a time of unique peril and responsibility. Our ongoing industrial excesses will have traceable effects that will continue to disrupt Earth’s optimal contributions to life and wellbeing thousands of…
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Consider the Human – Report from Data Systems Integration Forum
On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, CCI convened Part 1 of the Good Food Finance Network’s Data Systems Integration Forum. This virtual discussion forum focused on work needed to activate insights from the Good Food Finance Blueprint for Data Systems Integration, released last year. The aim of this interactive forum is to establish parameters for early and…
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Advancing Climate-Smart Trade & Finance
Trade is leverage for climate rescue & resilience-building Report from a special virtual forum to discuss levers for advancing climate-smart trade and finance, as modes of sustainable human development Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement calls for international cooperation to accelerate climate action, across multiple dimensions, without emissions trading. It effectively invites multilateral agreements that…