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Earth Day Citizens’ Forum celebrates volunteer policy advocates

The Earth Day Citizens’ Forum—co-convened by Citizens’ Climate International (CCI) and the Earth Day Network—brought people from 6 continents together to highlight, celebrate, and build momentum for citizen participation as a catalyst for enhanced climate ambition. Since the world agreed “to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” in 1992, citizen participation has been far too marginal a part of the climate policy process. … Continue reading Earth Day Citizens’ Forum celebrates volunteer policy advocates

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EU Pavilion Event: Participation, Price Signals & Finance to Fuel NDC Upgrading

Stakeholder Engagement, Local Economies & Science-based Finance to Fuel NDC Upgrading&nbsp Date: Monday, December 2, 2019 Time: 14:30 – 15:30 Venue: COP25 Blue Zone, Concepción Hall — European Union Pavilion, Brussels Room URL: Engage4Climate.org/eu-pavilion Speakers Joe Robertson—Citizens’ Climate Education Nick Beglinger—Cleantech 21 Foundation Isatis Cintrón—Citizens’ Climate Lobby Latin America Ross Astoria—University of Wisconsin Description The COP25 Presidency calls on all nations, rightly, to integrate the … Continue reading EU Pavilion Event: Participation, Price Signals & Finance to Fuel NDC Upgrading

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Resilience Intel Technical Workshop

Moderated discussion among technical and strategic partners, leaders and outside experts Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Venue: Nature4Climate Hub — by invitation only Contact: You may use the form below Event page: ResilienceIntel.org/unga2019-workshop Overview We need to know how our decisions relate to the health and resilience of natural systems that sustain life. Those systems shape our overall potential for … Continue reading Resilience Intel Technical Workshop

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An Indigenous Perspective: Sámi Leaders Dialogue

The Norway House will host a gathering of Sámi leaders, in dialogue with indigenous leaders from Lakota-Dakota-Nakota oyate. The event is co-convened by the International Center for Dialogue and Peacebuilding and Citizens’ Climate Education. The programme will include discussions focused around Sámi heritage and culture, Sámi efforts to protect indigenous land and indigenous rights, and Sámi efforts to restor and preserve their cultural identity. At … Continue reading An Indigenous Perspective: Sámi Leaders Dialogue

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UN PGA High-Level Meeting on Climate and Sustainable Development for All

by Shan Agrawal On March 28th 2019, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) convened a High-Level Meeting (HLM) on “Climate and Sustainable Development for All” at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The meeting was focused on the synergies between climate and sustainable development agendas, long-term planning, an intergenerational approach to implementation, and the various means of implementation (climate finance, capacity building and … Continue reading UN PGA High-Level Meeting on Climate and Sustainable Development for All

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Workshop on Uses of Revenues from Carbon Pricing Policies

Carbon pricing is increasingly seen by governments not only as a cost-effective policy to incentivize emission reductions, but also as a source of revenue. In 2017, governments raised US$33 billion in carbon pricing revenues. This amount is expected to be higher as carbon prices increase and jurisdictions with carbon pricing grow. As the revenues grow, there is also an increasing demand for transparency on how … Continue reading Workshop on Uses of Revenues from Carbon Pricing Policies

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Working Session on Climate Security, Finance & Cities

Working Session to finalize drafting of Earth Day Communiqué Paris — 1 April 2019 The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Forum High-Level Climate Congress brought leaders together to outline major challenges and action opportunities relating to climate peace and security, climate-smart finance and energy innovation, and the role of cities in meeting national commitments to the Paris Agreement. This working session of the Acceleration Dialogues, hosted … Continue reading Working Session on Climate Security, Finance & Cities

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AUP Climate Conference: Translating Science into Climate Action

Interdisciplinary Climate Congress Paris — March 29-31, 2019 AUP’s Joy and Edward Frieman Environmental Science Center, in partnership with the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, will hold a three-day international conference — Translating Science into Climate Action — that will convene figures from the foremost international policy-driving institutions in the fields of economics, global policy, climate science and biodiversity. It will aim to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of … Continue reading AUP Climate Conference: Translating Science into Climate Action

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Accelerating Ocean Sustainability Upstream

High-Level Working Dialogue — to map, connect & advance upstream inputs to the sustainable ocean economy Monaco — 27 March 2019 Oceanographic Museum of Monaco — Read the Full Report — The Acceleration Dialogues are a series of high-level diplomatic dialogues, co-convened since October 2015 by Citizens’ Climate and the International Center for Dialogue and Peacebuilding, with technical support from the Geoversiv Foundation, in collaboration with … Continue reading Accelerating Ocean Sustainability Upstream

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum Climate Congress

The Norwegian Nobel Institute hosted a High-Level Climate Congress on December 12, 2018 — Day 2 of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Forum Oslo. UPDATE, 23 April 2019—Leaders working together to build on the substance of discussions at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum Climate Congress issued a Joint Communiqué on Earth Day 2019. SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN TIME From Climate Destabilization to Climate Security … Continue reading Nobel Peace Prize Forum Climate Congress

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