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Oct 2024
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Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Farhana Yami...

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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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