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COP28 President calls for unprecedented action from every government, business and industry to deliver the UAE Consensus during IEA event in Paris

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Speaking at the Paris Headquarters of the International Energy Agency (IEA), COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber highlighted the historic significance of the UAE Consensus.

Key Points: 
  • Speaking at the Paris Headquarters of the International Energy Agency (IEA), COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber highlighted the historic significance of the UAE Consensus.
  • It will lock in continuity, maintain momentum, and help anchor implementation of the historic UAE Consensus", Dr. Al Jaber said.
  • The COP Presidencies Troika (the Troika) was a key achievement of the COP28 Presidency and mandated in the UAE Consensus.
  • An important opportunity lies in working multilaterally on commitments to deliver high-ambition decisions at COP28, including through The UAE Consensus.

COP28 President calls for unprecedented action from every government, business and industry to deliver the UAE Consensus during IEA event in Paris

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Speaking at the Paris Headquarters of the International Energy Agency (IEA), COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber highlighted the historic significance of the UAE Consensus.

Key Points: 
  • Speaking at the Paris Headquarters of the International Energy Agency (IEA), COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber highlighted the historic significance of the UAE Consensus.
  • The COP28 President said that "All Parties who signed the UAE Consensus must work on enhancing their Nationally Determined Contributions ahead of the next cycle in 2025.
  • It will lock in continuity, maintain momentum, and help anchor implementation of the historic UAE Consensus", Dr. Al Jaber said.
  • An important opportunity lies in working multilaterally on commitments to deliver high-ambition decisions at COP28, including through The UAE Consensus.

8 ways that stopping overfishing will promote biodiversity and help address climate change

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Halting overfishing is itself effective climate action.

Key Points: 
  • Halting overfishing is itself effective climate action.
  • The intricate relationship between climate change and ocean ecosystems was the subject of recent collaborative research — led by researchers at the University of British Columbia — that highlighted the crucial links between overfishing and climate change.

Finding the connections

  • Doing so would bolster marine life resilience in the face of climate shifts and reduce associate carbon emissions.
  • 2 — Large subsidized fishing boat fleets can actually be a burden on small-scale fisheries, leaving them disproportionately vulnerable to shocks.
  • In turn, overfishing not only depletes resources but also escalates carbon emissions, intensifying climate impacts on these fisheries and their communities, particularly women.
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    6 — Overfishing exacerbates climate and biodiversity threats.

  • 7 — International fisheries management must play a central role in promoting biodiversity and retaining the ocean’s carbon sequestration potential.
  • While 87 nations have signed the UN’s Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty (also known as the High Seas Treaty), only one has ratified it.
  • Future regulations should allocate a percentage of the annual fish quota to maintain the carbon sequestration function of marine animals.

A simple goal

  • Ending overfishing isn’t just an ecological imperative but a linchpin for climate action.
  • Furthermore, fisheries aren’t mere victims in these dynamics, but have real agency to play a pivotal role in either exacerbating or mitigating climate change.
  • Regulation of fisheries, while controversial, is essential to not overly exploit such a valuable public resource.


Rashid Sumaila receives funding from Canadian Research Councils, the Belmont, intergovernmental organizations, e.g. the World Bank, foundations and philanthropies (e.g. Pew, Oceana and the Dona Bertarelli).

Border Security Insight: A Collaborative Event by SIA and PureTech Systems in Hosting CBP PMOD Deputy Directorate Chief Henry Laxdal

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

This time, the guest speaker was Mr. Henry Laxdal, who currently serves as Deputy Directorate Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Program Management Office Directorate (PMOD).

Key Points: 
  • This time, the guest speaker was Mr. Henry Laxdal, who currently serves as Deputy Directorate Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Program Management Office Directorate (PMOD).
  • Chief Laxdal provided valuable insights into the evolving vision and strategy of how PMOD supports the overarching USBP Strategy to keep America safe.
  • While assigned to Headquarters, Chief Laxdal worked in Law Enforcement Operations, Strategic Planning and Analysis, the Office of Acquisition, and is now the Deputy of PMOD.
  • "PureTech sponsorship demonstrates their commitment to advancing the field of border security and their dedication to supporting initiatives that promote collaboration, innovation, and best practices.

Rockefeller Foundation Outlines 4 Ways to Scale JETPs

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rockefeller Foundation released a roadmap to make Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) a more effective vehicle for transforming energy systems in low- and middle-income countries. "Scaling the JETP model – prospects and pathways for action" details lessons learned from the first wave of JETPs, identifies roadblocks to the current model, and proposes pathways to scaling JETPs in ways that benefit vulnerable communities. Specifically, The Rockefeller Foundation recommends piloting a new approach to JETPs in a country such as the Philippines, developing a more effective on-ramp for the next wave of interested countries, elevating the role of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in the process, and broadening and deepening support from donor countries.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rockefeller Foundation released a roadmap to make Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) a more effective vehicle for transforming energy systems in low- and middle-income countries. "
  • Scaling the JETP model – prospects and pathways for action " details lessons learned from the first wave of JETPs, identifies roadblocks to the current model, and proposes pathways to scaling JETPs in ways that benefit vulnerable communities.
  • While JETPs are a political and financial innovation, the process to date has been slow, and the financing has failed to flow as quickly or at the scale initially promised.
  • Since 2022, The Rockefeller Foundation has collaborated with Climate Smart Ventures (CSV) to assess a possible JETP in the country.

Landmark UAE Consensus becomes defining framework for all countries to keep 1.5°C within reach and ensure global implementation

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

It gives clear direction to all countries on how to keep 1.5°C within reach, transforms agreements into tangible outcomes, and ensures global implementation by delivering a set of world firsts.

Key Points: 
  • It gives clear direction to all countries on how to keep 1.5°C within reach, transforms agreements into tangible outcomes, and ensures global implementation by delivering a set of world firsts.
  • The UAE Consensus reaffirms the UAE's position as a global leader in multilateral climate and development settings.
  • The UAE Consensus also proved that multilateralism can still work, even at a time of high geopolitical tension.
  • "If this agreement is to get traction, we need serious action," Dr. Al Jaber said, "Now the hard work begins."

Oil and gas lobbyists have deep pockets and access to politicians, but an EU ban could be in the pipeline

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Something similar is already in place for the tobacco industry in order to safeguard public health.

Key Points: 
  • Something similar is already in place for the tobacco industry in order to safeguard public health.
  • The European Parliament is set to examine what lessons can be learned to protect the environment from the harms associated with continued use of fossil fuels.
  • Restrictions on tobacco lobbyists, known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), came into force in 2005 and are legally binding in 182 countries.
  • Litigation in the US has shown that some of the major oil companies actively engaged in deception, denial and increasingly now delay tactics.
  • But delaying policies to address the climate emergency pose a huge societal risk.

Dominating discussions

  • Many leading climate scientists are growing increasingly concerned about the continued influence of oil and gas lobbyists.
  • The industry still enjoys privileged access to the highest reaches of decision making in Europe.
  • The EU’s delegation to the recent COP28 included over 130 oil and gas industry lobbyists.
  • What happens with lobbying will give a sense of how Europe will grapple with the challenges of the transition to low carbon energy.


Will Dinan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

COP28 launches 'The COP Presidencies Troika' in partnership with the COP29 and COP30 Presidencies--a groundbreaking initiative to support 'Mission 1.5°C' by maintaining momentum, locking in continuity, and anchoring implementation

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber said: "The Troika represents critical and unprecedented collaboration to maintain momentum, lock in continuity and anchor implementation."

Key Points: 
  • COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber said: "The Troika represents critical and unprecedented collaboration to maintain momentum, lock in continuity and anchor implementation."
  • Representatives of the three COP Presidencies met at Expo City Dubai, to launch the COP Presidencies Troika.
  • COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber said: "At COP28, Parties mobilized behind historic climate action through both the negotiations and their commitments to the Presidential Action Agenda.
  • An important opportunity lies in working multilaterally on commitments to deliver high-ambition decisions at COP28, including through the UAE Consensus.

COP28 launches 'The COP Presidencies Troika' in partnership with the COP29 and COP30 Presidencies--a groundbreaking initiative to support 'Mission 1.5°C' by maintaining momentum, locking in continuity, and anchoring implementation

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber said: "The Troika represents critical and unprecedented collaboration to maintain momentum, lock in continuity and anchor implementation."

Key Points: 
  • COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber said: "The Troika represents critical and unprecedented collaboration to maintain momentum, lock in continuity and anchor implementation."
  • Representatives of the three COP Presidencies met at Expo City Dubai, to launch the COP Presidencies Troika.
  • COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber said: "At COP28, Parties mobilized behind historic climate action through both the negotiations and their commitments to the Presidential Action Agenda.
  • An important opportunity lies in working multilaterally on commitments to deliver high-ambition decisions at COP28, including through the UAE Consensus.

Landmark UAE Consensus becomes defining framework for all countries to keep 1.5°C within reach and ensure global implementation

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Monday, February 12, 2024

The UAE Consensus also successfully operationalized and began financing a fund to address Loss and Damage for the first time.

Key Points: 
  • The UAE Consensus also successfully operationalized and began financing a fund to address Loss and Damage for the first time.
  • The UAE Consensus reaffirms the UAE's position as a global leader in multilateral climate and development settings.
  • The UAE Consensus also proved that multilateralism can still work, even at a time of high geopolitical tension.
  • An important opportunity lies in working multilaterally on commitments to deliver high-ambition decisions at COP28, including through the UAE Consensus.