SB60 round of Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops
SB60 round of Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops
SB60 prep workshops will take place May 20, 23, 27, and 30, focusing on the process, what is at stake, multilateral cooperation, and accelerated implementation.
The SB60 cycle of Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops will focus on how the UNFCCC process works, what is at stake in this year’s negotiations, emerging modes of high-value economy-building cooperation, and strategies for accelerated implementation—including the work that goes on before, in parallel to, and after the negotiations, to enact national climate legislation or to mobilize resources locally.
The four sessions will run 09:00-10:30 EDT (13:00-14:30 UTC), as follows:
Monday, May 20 – The Process
Thursday, May 23 – The Stakes
Monday, May 27 – Economy-building Cooperation
Thursday, May 30 – Accelerated Implementation
Our COP28 Debrief and Journey to Baku sessions in January and March made clear that the geopolitical context of the COP29 round of negotiations this November will be complicated, uneven, and made up of potentially transformational moments that are not directly connected to the UNFCCC process itself. Multilateral agreements to accelerate overall action toward Paris Agreement goals and compliance with the Convention mandate will provide urgently needed opportunities to:
Evolve international financial arrangements to value and respect vulnerability and to support climate-resilient shared sustainable development;
Reduce sovereign debt burdens that undermine the ability of nations, and regions, to operate optimally day to day and to stage sustained, effective climate crisis response;
Move all relevant resources to countries and communities experiencing serious climate-related loss and damage;
Establish new, more multidimensional means of sharing Earth science data, linking science data to finance, and providing end users with critical decision insights;
Shift incentives by removing subsidies and pricing pollution, in ways that are efficient, effective and equitable, and build value for local economies;
Set clear priorities for regenerative and agroecological food production, improving rural livelihoods while expanding the reach of affordable sustainably produced food;
Design and upgrade bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, to bring the most durable climate-related value to local and national economies, among the trading partners.
We will cover elements of the negotiating process that relate to these themes, as well as details of the wider landscape of policy-making, technical innovation, and sustainable development.
Registration is required to attend the virtual Earth Diplomacy Leadership workshops.
Follow related thematic discussions in The People’s Pavilion.
Explore emerging trends in multidimensional multilateral climate cooperation through the Climate Value Exchange.
Follow Earth Diplomacy Leadership sessions and updates at EarthDiplo.org
