Tag: cci-events
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Rachel Kyte: It’s time to act with integrity and accountability
The Citizens’ Climate International special guest speaker for May was Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Dean Kyte has previously served as World Bank Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate, leading creation of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition. She went on to serve as Special Representative of the United Nations…
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Earth Day 2022: We need climate transformation, fast; here’s how
[blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1/6″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”2/3″] This moment is different. What we do now will determine how billions of people live, and how safe they are, decades from now. We are living through a crucial moment on which human history and the health of planetary systems will hinge.…
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COP26 Delegation Report: To activate Glasgow outcomes, treat stakeholders as leaders
The 26th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) brought nearly 200 nations and more than of ten thousand observers to Glasgow. The task was to finalize rules for national and global climate action under the Paris Agreement and raise the ambition of formal commitments and action on the…
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COP26: Acting together to secure a livable future
We cannot afford for climate action to move more slowly than climate emergency. The COP26 must achieve a radical upgrade of global ambition, active cooperation, and high-value everyday innovation. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992) set the mandate “to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. The Paris Agreement (2015) brought all nations into the…
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Announcing the People’s Pavilion
[blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1/6″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”2/3″] JOIN THE COP26 PEOPLE’S PAVILION As part of the OpenCOP initiative, the People’s Pavilion aims to serve as a blueprint for how to make open public participation in the UNFCCC process a norm. This virtual pavilion will provide a shared space for…
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Youth Carbon Pricing Conference
[spb_column width=”3/4″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_single_image image=”632″ image_size=”full” frame=”noframe” intro_animation=”none” full_width=”no” lightbox=”yes” link_target=”_self” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [fullwidth_text alt_background=”none” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] We believe that imagination and youth are powerful forces to generate political will for a liveable world. We are bringing them together in a conference like no other. We are debuting a radio play adaptation…