The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has announced the Core Writing Team that will prepare the Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) – the document that will integrate all the IPCC reports in the current assessment cycle. The list of 30 Core Writing Team authors and 9 Review Editors -which includes two chilean […]
On August 3, 2018, the law that prohibited the delivery of plastic bags in commerce throughout Chile was published in the Official Gazette, a measure that has great citizen support and was unanimously approved in Congress. Since its publication, the entire store could deliver a maximum of two plastic bags per purchase. After six months, […]
This morning the webinar “Embracing a sustainable recovery in the Chilean context of Covid-19” was held with presentations by the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Chile, José de Gregorio, and the Minister of the Environment of Chile and COP25 President, Carolina Schmidt. The meeting was attended by the […]
Today, the representatives of France, Nicolas de Rivière, and Morocco, Omar Hilale, led the virtual meeting of “Group of Friends on Climate Change” to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. The instance was attended by the Presidents of COP20, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, of COP21, Laurent Fabius, of COP22, Salaheddine Mezouar, of COP24, Michal Kurtyka, […]
The COP25 Presidency met virtually this morning with the 9 UNFCCC Constituencies and NGOs to hear their views on how civil society can contribute to improving ambition in the NDCs of Parties. To date, 11 countries have submitted their updated or improved NDCs, and an additional 150 nations are expected to join. On the occasion, […]
At the 4th Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA) co-hosted by Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal European Commission, the Minister for Environment and Climate Change of Canada Jonathan Wilkinson and the Minister for Ecology and Environment of China Huang Runqiu, about 30 ministers gathered to discuss a green and sustainable recovery, post […]
In the midst of a global crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic, Chile is committed to driving more ambition in climate action and nature-based solutions necessary for a green recovery. This is why Chile is already part of the High Ambition Coalition The Blue Leaders to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. The High […]
The Santiago Network website on addressing loss and damage resulting from climate change impacts was launched on June 8th. The Network will catalyze and channel reliable technical assistance to support efforts to address loss and damage by connecting organizations and experts active in providing such assistance. The loss and damage mechanism was established at COP19 in Warsaw […]
At a virtual meeting on June 22th, the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC decided to postpone the UN Climate Change meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB52) until next year. The meetings are to take place in the World Conference Centre in Bonn, Germany at a date which has yet to […]
World Environment Day sees the launch of “Race to Zero” that will run up to COP26 — an international campaign for a healthy, resilient zero carbon recovery. Led by the UNFCCC Champions for Climate Action, it brings together an unprecedented coalition of net zero emissions initiatives, covering 992 businesses, 449 cities, 21 regions, 505 universities […]