Vulnerability is intentionally defined using terms and figures that avoid incorporating human rights violations, inequalities, or the impacts of extractivist industries as key factors in increased vulnerability to climate change. Communities around the world bear the impacts not just of climate change, but also of extractive and polluting activities that are justified as “necessary” for …
CBDR refers to one of the principles adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, which places responsibility for the climate crisis on Global North countries (known as “Annex 1” countries). These obligations include advancing agendas, programs, and decisions to address climate change. The concept means that Global South countries, although …
Now a widely used term, “carbon budget” entered the lexicon of scientists, economists and governments in the 1990s. It is one of the primary terms used in climate change jargon, including by many allied organizations. The underlying premise is that climate change is a problem caused by migration of CO2 molecules to the wrong place: …
Along with adaptation, mitigation is a term that has been used widely by the United Nations since 2000 to avoid discussing the politics of oil, capitalism, and fossil fuel extraction and combustion. As an official goal of national-level climate policy, mitigation means making climate change “less bad.” The idea is that the climate is a …
The UNFCCC is a foundational treaty for the political response by States to address the climate crisis. It was adopted on 9 May 1992 and entered into force two years later. It was modified in 1997 with the addition of the Kyoto Protocol, which officially kick started carbon market mechanisms. The COP is UNFCCC’s supreme …
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Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are the core of the Paris Agreement. They refer to the supposed efforts that signatory countries will make to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The NDCs set each country’s baseline for launching carbon offset schemes worldwide. This will be achieved by the use of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs), new goods …
The Conferences of the Parties (COPs) are the working sessions of the country Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Each country sends a delegation of government officials or their proxies who are responsible for advancing the commitments signed and adopted by the Parties (that is, the countries). Unfortunately, Global North …
Along with mitigation, adaptation is a term that has been used widely by the United Nations since 2000 to avoid discussing the politics of oil, capitalism, and fossil fuel extraction and combustion. As an official international goal of climate action, adaptation means preparing capitalism for an increasingly unpredictable and volatile climate. As with mitigation (see …
The Paris Agreement is a treaty inscribed in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The implementation of the Paris Agreement will lead to adverse consequences for the territories, forests, climate and the Earth itself: a global carbon market is put forward, heightening false solutions and aggravating the crisis to devastating proportions. The …
NbS, a term coined in 2009, are ‘solutions’ for capitalism to continue extracting from and destroying Nature. They enjoy the support from the United Nations as well as oil firms (such as Shell, Chevron, Total, ENI and BP), mining firms (like BHP), and conservation organisations (such UICN, The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International). Adopting NbSs, …
