On November 11, 2024, the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) opened in Baku, capital of petrostate Azerbaijan. Originally scheduled to conclude on November 22, negotiations dragged on until November 24. The conference almost collapsed when developing countries walked out in response to developed countries’ refusal to…
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN, 21 November – In the early hours of the day, the UNFCCC Secretariat released the latest draft text on the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), a key agenda item at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29). The new goal will replace the USD 100 billion annual goal established at COP15…
COP29 opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, under the presidency of Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s minister for ecology and natural resources. On the very first day, the COP presidency sought to push forward carbon market rules without extensive Party negotiations, sparking immediate controversy. Like his predecessor, Sultan Al Jaber—who presided over COP28 in Dubai—Babayev brings a background in…
At the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), it is imperative that policymakers account for the lessons from the failures in delivering the previous goal and establish fair and equitable targets for the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on Climate Finance, commensurate with the longstanding climate…
In many communities across the Global South, traditional practices and indigenous knowledge offer invaluable insights into sustainable land management, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience. These approaches, rooted in deep ecological understanding, are critical in confronting the climate crisis and can serve as effective alternatives to corporate-driven initiatives that harm both the environment and local communities….
From November 11 to 22, 2024, Jennifer Del Rosario-Malonzo (Executive Director), Ivan Enrile (Programme Manager), Jax Bongon (Climate Justice Policy Officer), and Melanie Feranil (Research and Policy Coordinator) will represent IBON International at the 29th UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. Through the campaign Global Call for #ClimateReparations and #RealSolutions, IBON International will…
The Global Call for Reparations and Real Solutions is a campaign that emphasises the need for reparations for the exploitation and ecosystem degradation related to historical and enduring injustices inflicted by the global North on the global South. Central to the campaign is demanding that the global North countries pay up for their colonial plunder…
by IBON International Foundation Inc. August 05, 2024 IBON International Foundation Inc. welcomes the opportunity to respond to the call for Parties and Non-Party Stakeholders to submit their views for the 11th Technical Expert Dialogue and the third meeting under the ad hoc work programme of the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (NCQG)….
A postmortem article on the outcomes of the 60th Session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies From June 3 to 13, 2024, the 60th Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Bodies (SB60) took place in Bonn, Germany. If anything emerged from the talks, those were clear battle lines between developing…
IBON International Update / 11th APFSDBy Jax Bongon From February 20 to 23, 2024 member states of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), international organisations, civil society, and other stakeholders convened for the annual Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) to assess the region’s progress towards…
