Blue COP

Reflections on the First Blue COP

Holden Leslie-Bole · January 10, 2020 ·

Feeling blue about climate change? That could be a good thing.

There are plenty of reasons to be glum regarding global inaction on climate change. The emissions gap. The lack of strong political will at COP25—widely hailed as the first “Blue COP.” A certain 17-year old trying unsuccessfully to educate a certain leader on basic science.

So how about some good news?

1/CP.25: New Draft of Text on the Ocean-Climate Nexus Released

Holden Leslie-Bole · December 13, 2019 ·

In the early hours December 13 in Madrid, a new draft text was produced by the COP25 Presidency, containing a number of potential “landing zones.” These draft paragraphs in a document (known in the climate diplomacy circles as 1/CP.25) are the likely areas of legal convergence countries are debating as they work to wrap up the Blue COP.