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The USD 100 billion goal and lessons learned for the future of international climate finance

Join the Climate Finance Advisory Service on Thursday 26 November 2020 for a webinar on ‘The USD 100 billion goal and lessons learned for the future of international climate finance’

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COP26 High Level Climate Action Champions announce ‘Race to Resilience’ campaign

The COP26 High Level Climate Action Champions, Gonzalo Muñoz and Nigel Topping, are hard at work galvanising non-state actors in the lead up to COP26, with a mission to put resilience on equal footing with climate mitigation and the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero campaign. The High Level Champions have announced their plans for a Race for Resilience as a sister campaign to Race to Zero.

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Young people are doing things their own way: view from Sudan

“Young people are determined in their own actions and doing things their own way” when it comes to climate ambition – stated Nisreen Elsaim, the Chair of the Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, at a public event on the future of the Paris Agreement, last week. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched the Youth… Read more »

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UNFCCC considering multiple scenarios to get climate talks and collective action back on track

The UNFCCC Secretariat is plotting many scenarios for a mix of virtual and in-person climate change negotiations in the year ahead, in order to get the vital talks and international ambition back on track – according to Patricia Espinosa.

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High Ambition Coalition Statement sets out commitments for a green recovery

The High Ambition Coalition has released economic and environmental commitments to guide its members’ own economies through a resilient recovery, and provide a benchmark for their international peers.

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