Category: Climate Solutions

Climate Solutions, Events, NDC Tracking

High-Level Dialogue on Accelerating NDC Action

Sunday, 13 November 2016 In Marrakech, on the middle Sunday of the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (the COP22), the high-level dialogue series Accelerating Progress, Advancing Innovation brought together leaders in government, business, science, and policy advocacy together to outline pathways for accelerating national climate action. This dialogue was convened under the Chatham House Rule, to allow … Continue reading High-Level Dialogue on Accelerating NDC Action

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CCEN News, Climate Civics, Climate Solutions, UNFCCC Process

Input to Article 6 Consultations

Submitted 21 May 2016, at request of the Secretariat, for inclusion in the Facilitator’s Report on the Informal Consultations on Article 6 of the Convention Joseph Robertson, Global Strategy Director at Citizens’ Climate Lobby, speaking for IAAI and the Citizens’ Climate Engagement Network: We would like to thank participating Parties and the Secretariat for supporting full implementation of all aspects of Article 6, including engagement … Continue reading Input to Article 6 Consultations

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Carbon Pricing, Climate Solutions, Policy Design

Carbon Pricing Leadership: Vision Statement

On November 30, 2015, on the first day of the COP21 global climate negotiations, in Paris, this high-level Carbon Pricing Panel announced its formation and pledge to shape a vision for driving economically efficient carbon pricing strategies into national climate policies, after Paris. Today, just 6 days after the inaugural High-Level Assembly of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, and one day before the signing of the … Continue reading Carbon Pricing Leadership: Vision Statement

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Carbon Pricing, Climate Solutions, Events, Future Economy

Carbon Pricing Leadership Assembly: Making it Happen

UPDATED, April 22, 2016: This article was posted to announce the CPLC Assembly. It has been revised to include news from the Assembly. Today, the Carbon Pricing Panel, made up of 6 heads of state, as well as the leaders of the World Bank, IMF and OECD, released its Vision Statement, with new targets for carbon pricing coverage. The inaugural High-Level Assembly of the Carbon Pricing Leadership … Continue reading Carbon Pricing Leadership Assembly: Making it Happen

Joseph Robertson
CCEN News, Climate Civics, Climate Solutions, Future Economy, Policy Design

ACCESS to GOOD

The ACCESS to GOOD Project is an open, collaborative, ongoing reporting process, aiming to identify observable levers of action for adding value, momentum, and scope to investments in climate action and resilient human development. ACCESS is a framework for analyzing the level of progress on comprehensive climate action. The axis standard aims to measure six qualifications of public policy, investment prioritization and business action: Aspiration … Continue reading ACCESS to GOOD

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CCEN News, Climate Civics, Climate Solutions, UNFCCC Process

CCEN Proposal for Public Participation Reform

Submitted Friday, February 19, 2016, to the UNFCCC Secrerariat as a proposed reform to the Doha work program on Article 6 of the Convention  The Citizens’ Climate Engagement Network (CCEN) is an always-active platform for direct citizen participation in global processes that determine how one’s community, nation, region, or future generations, will fare in the face of climate disruption. It operates on the premise that … Continue reading CCEN Proposal for Public Participation Reform

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Climate Solutions, Essays & Op-eds, Future Economy

Business Model Innovation will Determine Future Value

Some major oil companies will thrive in the emerging low-carbon economy; some will not. Even the most profitable will face tough choices between a varied array of complicated transition pathways: some will remain large, global, and centralized; others will function more like associations of smaller businesses; the least innovative will eventually cease operations. The difference between thriving and obsolescence will be business model innovation. Business model … Continue reading Business Model Innovation will Determine Future Value

Joseph Robertson
Climate Solutions, Policy Design, UNFCCC Process

Getting Everything Right

For the first 12 days of December, our team was on the ground in Paris for the COP21, engaging with peers, meeting with negotiators, publishing reports, interviewing participants, and working to support coalition efforts that would add smarter policies, actionable language and serious principles, to the Paris Agreement. During more than a year of planning for this work and defining our goals, I had the privilege of discussing on various occasions … Continue reading Getting Everything Right

Joseph Robertson
Climate Solutions, Policy Design, UNFCCC Process

ACCESS to the Future

It is the next to last day of the COP21, according to the official schedule. The French presidency of the COP says the draft Paris outcome will be finalized and approved by 6:00 pm tomorrow, the scheduled close of the conference. Everyone is anxious to see if crucial elements of serious climate action are re-inserted, after having been removed, or if key policy elements are … Continue reading ACCESS to the Future

Joseph Robertson
Climate Solutions, Policy Design, UNFCCC Process

1.5 degrees can drive global climate success

Last week, the global climate negotiations got a shot in the arm, when two of the world’s leading industrialized economies—Germany and France—signed up to the 1.5ºC target for maximum global average temperature rise. The breakthrough means accelerated action and escalating ambition are more likely after the Paris talks. It also puts pressure on the world’s major powers to endorse a far stronger Paris outcome. Next, … Continue reading 1.5 degrees can drive global climate success

Joseph Robertson