Second year from the Paris Agreement, What Now?

Paris Agreement was celebrated with joy by the international community when it was tabled back on 12 December 2015. Although it was a significant achievement by the opposing blocs (putting it generally, the developing and developed countries), it is a document outlining the main objectives of the fight against climate change. However, there is more work to be done. Details of the modalities need to be ironed out as soon as possible in order to pave the way forward towards the realization of the Paris Agreement. That is why COP 23 will be a technical COP, where the parties will (continue to) plan out what they want and what they don’t want in the “rulebook”.

G77 and China: What are they?

Day two of our Bonn trip commenced with us taking the wrong tram and needing to go around looking for directions (again). Instead of heading to COY, Lhavanya and I went for the G77 and China Pre-COP Coordination Meetings. This is my first experience in a negotiation bloc’s formal meeting and I was super excited about it. We were able to sit close to our national negotiators during the sessions and was fortunate to receive some guidance from them during the sessions.

Expose "Greenwashing" through Climate Action

Lhavanya and I started off the day with a roundtable session at the World Conference Center. It was pretty intense and we definitely had a lot to say about it (hint: stay tuned for more!) But we didn't stay until the session ended because we were going off to another event happening in the city - the Climate March.