Amid Climate Crisis, Will Governments Deliver Ambitious Climate Action in Madrid?

The document calls for COP-25 to prioritize human rights, gender equality, and increased national ambition in climate commitments, while warning against the use of carbon offsets and the marginalization of Global South participants due to the conference's relocation from Santiago to Madrid.

• The relocation of COP-25 from Santiago to Madrid severely hindered the ability of Chilean and Latin American civil society to participate, creating a risk that negotiations will be disconnected from the realities of the Global South.
• Governments are urged to increase their ambition in 2020 by updating and enhancing their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in accordance with the Paris Agreement and IPCC reports, rather than shifting responsibility to non-state actors.
• The Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage (WIM) has failed to mobilize sufficient financial resources for vulnerable countries, and COP-25 must address this gap to support those most affected by climate impacts.
• The document warns that Article 6 mechanisms of the Paris Agreement should not be used for carbon trading or offsets, as these can allow polluters to evade emission reductions and lead to human rights violations against indigenous peoples.

APA

Duyck, S., & Lennon, E. (2019). Amid Climate Crisis, Will Governments Deliver Ambitious Climate Action in Madrid? Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/amid-climate-crisis-will-governments-deliver-ambitious-climate-action-in-madrid/

Chicago

Duyck, Sébastien, and Erika Lennon. Amid Climate Crisis, Will Governments Deliver Ambitious Climate Action in Madrid? Center for International Environmental Law, 2019. https://www.ciel.org/amid-climate-crisis-will-governments-deliver-ambitious-climate-action-in-madrid/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{duyck2019amid, author = {Duyck, Sébastien and Lennon, Erika}, title = {{Amid Climate Crisis, Will Governments Deliver Ambitious Climate Action in Madrid?}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2019}, month = nov, url = {https://www.ciel.org/amid-climate-crisis-will-governments-deliver-ambitious-climate-action-in-madrid/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }