Tag: cci-events
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How to make Europe’s ETS2 work
Beginning in 2027, the European Emissions Trading System 2 will go into effect, requiring traded carbon allowances when fuels are sold, effectively putting a carbon price further upstream. The European Commission has reminded member states (except Austria) to implement ETS2 in national law. The aim of ETS2 is to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions 40…
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Zimbabwe advocates champion Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Manica Youth Assembly (MAYA), which partners with Climate Civics International’s chapter in Mutare, Zimbabwe, has launched a powerful initiative advocating for a sustainable and equitable future through the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT). MAYA’s campaign aims to make Mutare the fourth city in Africa to endorse the FFNPT. The FFNPT is founded on three…
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Lifting up youth leaders at the Summit of the Future
Report by Cedric Dzelu – CCI Volunteer from Ghana and Youth Focal Person on Climate Change for the Africa Youth Commission From September 20th to 22nd, 2024, I had the honor of attending the United Nations’ Summit of the Future in New York, where global leaders, youth, civil society, and activists gathered to confront the most urgent challenges facing…
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Emerging Insights for COP29: Diplomacy workshops highlight need to get beyond zero-sum thinking
We are midway through the COP29 cycle of Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops, and the presentations and discussions so far have surfaced a lot of important insights around what is on the table and what is at stake in Baku. There are now thematic resource libraries attached to each of the first two session pages: Below,…
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People’s Pavilion brings remote engagement to COP29
The People’s Pavilion is an online convening space that welcomes stakeholders from around the world to view events, join discussions, and bring their perspective to coalitions, networks, and delegates participating in the COP29 round of UN Climate Change negotiations taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024. This climate empowerment lab is recognized by the…
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COP29 Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops start October 21
The Earth Diplomacy Leadership Initiative is a collaboration between CItizens’ Climate International and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Its core aim is to prepare people for participation in the UN Climate Change negotiation process, and to deepen understanding of the opportunities for engagement and progress on specific areas of climate crisis…
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Lobbying success at the state level in Nigeria
In addition to lobbying governments on the national level, CCI volunteers, led by Africa Coordinator Dr. Michael Terungwa David (shown above), are also lobbying to enact climate policies on a state level, and they’re making great progress. In late August, volunteers from Yola Group in Adamawa State, Nigeria, participated in the public hearing on a…
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IPE24: A first step to put climate value at the heart of decision making
By Steve Valk Chinwe Obuaku-Igwe grew up a “rural girl” in Nigeria. The third of six girls in her family, she found comfort in the forest and loved connecting with nature. But her life suffered a dramatic setback when her mother passed away from cancer just as Chinwe received her first degree from Lagos State…
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Building Climate Value Together is a Global Imperative
Summary statement from the 2024 Interparliamentary Exchange on Climate Value, hosted by Citizens’ Climate International June 9-12, 2024, in Washington, DC The first Interparliamentary Exchange on Climate Value took place during the Bonn climate negotiations, at a time when geopolitical and market forces are creating obstacles for successful global climate action. In this atmosphere of…
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Critical action insights for the Bonn negotiations
The SB60 negotiations can create new momentum for the climate value economy. Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops provide critical insights for cooperative acceleration. Ahead of the SB60 round of UN Climate Change negotiations in Bonn, the Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops highlighted actionable insights that could support better outcomes, and faster mobilization, in a number of ways.…