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11/25/24 - Summarizing COP29

Writer's picture: Marshall KirkpatrickMarshall Kirkpatrick

I've been out recovering from some oral surgery and am still not feeling great - but I wanted to get back into the flow of sharing updates and lessons learned ASAP.

 

The 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) conference is now in the rear view mirror. Carbonbrief has an excellent, long, summary of the event (thanks Gil for sharing on BlueSky). It was big enough and complex enough that I'm going to put a mind map summary of that overview as our Visual of the Day below. Lest we throw up our hands and say the COP process is worthless, Christiana Figueres argues otherwise on LinkedIn and there's good discussion in comments.

 

Ok, forward we go together! May your actions today compound and fractal out to breathe energy into the world we want to see.

 

Marshall Kirkpatrick, founder

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Visual of the Day

CarbonBrief's summary of the COP29 conference


(Click to view full size.) Frustrating as it is, here's a mindmap of CarbonBrief's 20,000 word summary of last week's global event. While this isn't my primary focus, I find it very useful to have an overview with this level of detail to stick in my brain.

 

For example, I'm working with a company on measuring its greenhouse gas emissions and discussing the question of strategies to reduce them. To be able to cite the apparent trend of developed country governments slowing commitments to grant and loan money to deal with climate crisis, and the rise of developing country and private investment participation in response, could prove a useful talking point in support of private sector action to reduce emissions as now as well.


Today's Updates

Table of Contents


  • Carbon (3 stories) - Carbon trading framework gaps at COP29 draw scrutiny as Al Gore debuts emissions tracker; safety fears slow $85B federal carbon capture plans after Mississippi pipeline incident

  • Circular (1 story) - Activists push for 75% production cuts at Global Plastics Treaty talks, targeting single-use elimination

  • Ecosystems (1 story) - Seychelles warbler pair bonds break down during harsh weather, study finds

  • Finance (4 stories) - Major funding milestones: $300B climate package at COP29, Epic Cleantec and Divert projects advance, Extantia raises $214.8M

  • Indigenous (5 stories) - First Nations Clean Energy Network's digital hub launch and indigenous leaders advocate for rights in UN biodiversity talks and mineral extraction projects

  • Industry (1 story) - Mining sector's $845B operations urged to adopt real-time wastewater monitoring across 3.9M U.S. claims

  • Policy (28 stories) - COP29 in Azerbaijan sets $300B annual climate finance target for 2035, while EPA announces $500M in environmental grants and UN prepares for INC-5 plastics treaty talks in Busan



Carbon

Carbon trading framework gaps at COP29 draw scrutiny as Al Gore debuts emissions tracker; safety fears slow $85B federal carbon capture plans after Mississippi pipeline incident



Circular

Activists push for 75% production cuts at Global Plastics Treaty talks, targeting single-use elimination



Ecosystems

Seychelles warbler pair bonds break down during harsh weather, study finds



Finance

Major funding milestones: $300B climate package at COP29, Epic Cleantec and Divert projects advance, Extantia raises $214.8M



Indigenous

First Nations Clean Energy Network's digital hub launch and indigenous leaders advocate for rights in UN biodiversity talks and mineral extraction projects



Industry

Mining sector's $845B operations urged to adopt real-time wastewater monitoring across 3.9M U.S. claims



Policy

COP29 in Azerbaijan sets $300B annual climate finance target for 2035, while EPA announces $500M in environmental grants and UN prepares for INC-5 plastics treaty talks in Busan


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