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Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Farhana Yamin talk about the impact of the changing international order on climate change negotiations and mitigation efforts
In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Atje Drexler and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Farhana Yamin about the impact of the changing international order on climate change negotiations and mitigation efforts.
References:
Green House Gas Emission Targets: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/climate-strategies-targets/2030-climate-targets_en#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20the%20EU%20adopted,climate%2Dneutral%20continent%20by%202050.
Net Zero: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/net-zero-coalition
Small Island Developing States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Island_Developing_States
AOSIS: https://www.aosis.org/
LDC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_developed_countries
Adaptation and Resilience: https://unfccc.int/topics/adaptation-and-resilience/the-big-picture/introduction
Loss and Damage Fund: https://www.undp.org/belarus/stories/loss-and-damage-fund-developing-countries
Paris Agreement: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/paris-agreement ; https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/parisagreement_publication.pdf
COP Glasgow: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/cop26
BioDiversity COP: https://www.cbd.int/cop
ThirtybyThirty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_by_30
COP Copenhagen 2009: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference
G20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G20
IPCC Report 2019: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/#:~:text=Under%20emissions%20in%20line%20with,and%20ambition%20of%20mitigation%20after
NDCs: https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Mia Mottley: https://www.gov.bb/Government/prime-minister
Bridgetown Initiative: https://www.bridgetown-initiative.org/
Bretton Woods Conference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system
COP Baku, Azerbaijan: https://unfccc.int/cop29
COP Belém, Brazil: https://www.gov.br/planalto/en/latest-news/2023/12/formally-official-belem-pa-and-brazil-are-preparing-for-cop-30-in-2025
ODA: https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/net-oda.html#:~:text=Definition-,Official%20development%20assistance%20(ODA)%20is%20defined%20as%20government%20aid%20designed,for%20military%20purposes%20are%20excluded
Climate Finance: https://unfccc.int/topics/introduction-to-climate-finance
NCQG: https://unfccc.int/NCQG
Kamal Amakrane: https://www.un.org/pga/78/kamal-amakrane/
Global Centre for Climate Mobility: https://climatemobility.org/
Seville Financing for Development Conference: https://www.un.org/en/civil-society/1st-prep-com-session-ffd4
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