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Building a Climate Solutions Workforce

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At COP25 in Madrid in 2019, the Carbon Institute and its partners invited the international climate community to participate in the pre-launch of the Collaborative Capacity Lab, a proposed international academic partnership dedicated to building workforces to tackle climate change. The Collaborative Capacity Lab (CCL) will work in 42 countries across Central Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific to fill large capacity gaps in implementation of nature-based climate change solutions, carbon accounting in the land use sector, and technical expert reviews of submissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Through partnering with RIFFEAC (Réseau des Institutions de Formation Forestière et Environnementale de l’Afrique Centrale) in Central Africa, CATIE (el Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza) in Latin America, RECOFTC (the Center for People and Forests) in Southeast Asia, and USP (the University of the South Pacific), the CCL will train 400 new leaders over four years in designing, financing implementing, and monitoring natural climate solutions through four new regional postgraduate Certificates in Advanced Nature Based Solutions. The certificate programs will teach rigorous use of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Inventories, the required accounting standards for the Paris Agreement, and mentor 160 new experts in Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) reviews, an essential and yet unmet element of the Paris Agreement. 

Now, eight months out from the pre-launch event, the Carbon Institute has continued coalition-building work with the CCL partners to develop the concept further, assess priorities for regional engagement, and begin fundraising for an initial seed commitment to accelerate work on the project. The Carbon Institute, RIFFEAC, CATIE, RECOFTC, and USP welcome the engagement of foundation and philanthropic partners this fall to bring this important collaboration to fruition and accelerate the development of the international workforce necessary to address the nexus of land use and climate change.

Read a two page summary of the Collaborative Capacity Lab here and contact us to be a part of the conversation.

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Carbon Institute contributes to 2019 Roadmap to Oceans and Climate Action

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The Carbon Institute was invited to contribute to the 2019 Roadmap to Oceans and Climate Action report which was recently published in anticipation of the UNFCCC COP25 in Madrid in December. The 2019 report assessed critical areas of progress at the ocean-climate nexus over the past year, covering new scientific updates, action within the UNFCCC, mobilization of governments and civil society, and developments on mitigation, adaptation, the Blue Economy, displacement, financing, and capacity development. The assessment featured contributions from experts in intergovernmental, governmental, and civil society organizations, with John-O Niles from the Carbon Institute outlining key priorities and actions in international capacity development.

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Reflections on the First Blue COP

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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? 

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

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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.

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First Draft of Text on Ocean-Climate Nexus Released at COP25

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The first draft text on oceans and climate has been circulated at COP25 in Madrid.

As COP25 enters its final week, momentum is building among parties for a strong policy outcome from the first Blue COP. In our previous blog, we explained the context of the high-level ministerial process leading to introduction of text on oceans and climate.

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