What Does the EU’s First BTR Say About Its Climate Action?

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May 11, 2025
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The EU’s first biennial transparency report shows an emission reduction of 31.8% relative to 1990.The EU is currently not on track to meet its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target, although the impact of recently adopted policies has yet to be determined.The EU doubled its contribution to climate finance between 2014 and 202, but concerns about its reporting methodology could have potentially led to overestimations.

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BTRs: The Link Between Climate Goals And Accountability

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May 8, 2025
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Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) are an essential tool to enhance transparency and trust between Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They are submitted every two years, with the first ones having been submitted at the end of 2024.BTRs have four main components: greenhouse gas inventory, information to track progress, adaptation and support.BTRs are subject to expert reviews and discussions amo

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COP29 Special Edition

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Mar 13, 2025
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Our COP29 Special Edition contains short articles on many of the major topics and negotiation streams of the 29th UN Climate Conference – UNFCCC COP29 in November 2024. Topics covered include adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity and oceans, finance, gender, the global stocktake, just transition, mitigation and peace. The articles were written and edited by our virtual...

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SB60: Personal Reflections from Bonn 2024

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Sep 25, 2024
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At ClimaTalk we’ve been reporting live from the UNFCCC climate conferences since COP26. The Bonn Climate Change Conference 2024 (SB60) was our fifth UNFCCC conference. With this booklet, we’re happy to be sharing some personal experiences of our ClimaTalk team on the ground.Chanel, Christy, Dan and Luisa speak about their experience getting familiar with the conference space, policy tracking, youth engagement, and offer advice to young people wanting to attend and get involved in the future.

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What Is The Glasgow Climate Pact?

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Jan 27, 2022
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The most high-profile commitment of the Glasgow Climate Pact was the promise to ‘phasedown’ coal use - rather than to phase it out. However, the pact did mark the first time in the UN climate process that the Parties recognised the need to rapidly reduce coal The Glasgow Climate Pact promised progress on finance, adaptation, Article 6, and employed strong language supporting the scientific consensus on climate change. Loss and damage and nature and biodiversity received far fewer concrete commitments in the final draft.

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