Climate Ambition Support Alliance

📩 Update from COP 29 📍 Practical Action jointly with Youth Alliance For Environment (YAE) in collaboration with other agencies under the Climate Ambition Support Alliance (CASA) conducted a side event "Accelerating Climate Action in Mountains and Beyond," ⛰️ at COP29 Azerbaijan. This session was moderated by our UK team member, Demet İntepe, PhD, a Climate Adaptation and Resilience Expert. The session brought together an esteemed panel of experts including: ✅ Mr. Chris Shipley, Head of Global Carbon Markets, UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ✅ Mr. Mattias Söderberg, Global Climate Lead ✅ Ms. Barbara Rosen Jacobson, Climate Advocacy Specialist, Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance ✅ Mr. Harjeet Singh, Global Climate Expert ✅ Dr. Maheshwar Dhakal, Loss and Damage Alternate Board Member and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Nepal The discussion focused on interconnectedness and critical link between mountain ecosystems, loss and damage and climate finance in the context of climate change. Climate Ambition Support Alliance Dharam Raj Uprety Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance #TogetherforClimateAction #MyChoiceOurFuture #climateaction #COP29

Climate Leadership Initiative had a productive and inspiring meeting with the Climate Ambition Support Alliance (CASA) team at #COP29! We discussed the progress and updates of the New Generation Program and explored exciting opportunities for future collaboration.   We’re deeply grateful for CASA’s support in empowering young climate leaders and bringing impactful change. Together, we drive ambition and build a more inclusive climate leadership movement. 🙌💚  #ClimateLeadershipInitiative #NewGenerationProgram #YouthInClimate #CASA #CLIatCOP #YouthMakingChange Isingizwe Honorine Prakriti Koirala Hyacinthe Niyitegeka

💡NEW INFOGRAPHIC: 🌍 Why Attending Daily Coordination Meetings is Essential for Young Negotiators from the Global South 🌍 As COP29 Azerbaijan discussions intensify, daily coordination meetings are a crucial platform for young negotiators to align, strategize, and amplify the unique challenges facing the Global South. 🌱 These sessions empower young voices to make a difference on the global stage, ensuring vulnerable communities are not left behind. 📌 What’s inside the infographic? ✔️ 🤝 Unified strategies that amplify impact ✔️ 🕒 Real-time updates to stay agile in fast-moving talks ✔️ 🧠 Insights from experienced negotiators ✔️ 🗳️Consensus building for quick action ✔️ 🌐 Networking to build lasting alliances ✔️ 📣 Advocacy for vulnerable voices 👉 Check out the infographic below to see why these sessions are so vital for young negotiators from the Global South. Share if you support youth-led climate action! 💬🌎 YOUNGO Fridays For Future International Climate Ambition Support Alliance Oxfam International Brot für die Welt Isingizwe Honorine Hyacinthe Niyitegeka African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) IAAS (International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences) Loss and Damage Youth Coalition Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP Major Group for Children and Youth MENA Youth Network Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform (YECAP) Climate Change Committee Youth Climate Justice Fund COP Resilience Hub COP29 Children and Youth Pavilion COP29 Life Climate Justice Resilience Fund International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) International Institute for Sustainable Development Youth Co:Lab Youth Sustainable Development Network (YSDN) Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) YouthClimate Connect

Great to be with Apar Paudyal and team. Speaking about experience and lessons on Just Climate Action from Mountain to Sea: Barriers and Opportunities for Addressing Loss and Damage. Sharing insights and recommendations on the new L&D fund, and applying practical experience to ensure it is fit for purpose .

🏝️❝For Small Island Developing States #ClimateFinance must urgently accelerate efforts to Keep 1.5°C alive 🌡️, enable #Adaptation efforts, and address #LossAndDamage. For Small Island Developing States we have identified that we need US$ 39 billion a year in grant equivalent terms. This is based on our needs and will increase over time.❞ - The Marshall Islands 🇲🇭on what SIDS expect from the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG) at the 6th High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on #ClimateFinance on Day 4 of #COP29.

Negotiations on the #NCQG at #COP29 kicked off this morning. Our 4-page explainer tackles the key elements expected to be discussed 👀 https://lnkd.in/eV8ZhUF9   Debt or grants? Over 72% of climate finance today is loan-based, adding further burden to vulnerable nations. Calls for more grant-based finance and debt relief are at the center of the discussions.

🌍 As the world gathers for COP29, we're sharing insights from climate expert Apar Paudyal, who's working with the Government of Nepal to bring mountain issues into the global climate spotlight. In a new blog, Apar discusses why mountain regions – essential as "water towers" and carbon sinks – are often overlooked in policy, despite their vulnerability to climate change. Reflecting on recent international dialogues, he notes: "It was inspiring to see mountain countries coming together and acknowledging that these challenges require special attention." Discover Apar's perspective on the urgent need for better data, incorporating indigenous knowledge, and driving international cooperation to protect these vital but threatened ecosystems. https://bit.ly/3O4vNhU #cop #cop29 #climatechange #nepal

📢NEW BRIEF: Our “Key Messages on #LossAndDamage at #COP29” provide an overview of what is at stake on #LossAndDamage at #COP29 and key messages relevant to the delivery of a high ambition outcome. 💪⚖️🗣️ 🔗Read them here: https://lnkd.in/eT7iWjaD 🎯 1. In the brief we cover 🥁: 💰 2. The New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG); 🔎 3. The 2024 review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage (WIM); 🗣️ 4.The launch of the High-Level Dialogue on Coordination and Complementarity hosted by the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage; 📜 5. The joint report of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the WIM and the Advisory Board of the #SantiagoNetwork for #LossAndDamage (SNLD); and; 📝 6. The report of the Board of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage —under which we include a special focus on the need for renewed scrutiny of The World Bank as the Bank becomes the interim host of the secretariat of the Fund. 🏗️These key messages, build upon and/or situate the recommendations gathered from across the Loss and Damage Collaboration’s membership and outputs, following our focused engagement throughout 2024 across the work of the Board of the Fund, the Advisory Board of the SNLD, the ExCom of the WIM and its Thematic Expert Groups, and the ad hoc work program of the #NCQG including its Technical Expert Dialogues and ad hoc work program meetings. 🧐 👏This brief has been written by Teo Ormond-Skeaping, Heidi White and Dr Sindra Sharma. 🙏It was generously supported by the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG), the Open Society Foundations (OSF) and the Climate Ambition Support Alliance (CASA), to whom we extend our deepest gratitude. 😍 🥳At the Loss and Damage Collaboration we’re celebrating 5⃣ years of work 🌍on #LossAndDamage from #ClimateChange under the @UNFCCC. 🔥🌪️⛈️ 🔗Explore our impact 🎯 here: https://lnkd.in/e6XNETrA 🙏 At the same time we are calling for your support to help us continue our work.😍 Therefore, if you value outputs like this one consider doing the following: 📩 Send our Impact Page to funders or potential partners you know! ✏️ Share how much you value our work on social media! [Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN), Climate Action Network International, Loss and Damage Youth Coalition, ActionAid, Harjeet Singh, Liane Schalatek, Oxfam, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Ibrahima Cheikh DIONG, Chiara Liguori, Isatis Cintrón Rodríguez]

Water-Focused Climate Negotiation Training: Kicked Off! The Government of Nepal- Ministry of Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation (MoWERI) and Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoFE), alongside partners International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Oxford Policy Management Climate Ambition Support Alliance Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to gear up for preparation of COP29 Azerbaijan. The training focuses on enhancing Nepal's negotiation team in the water sector. Key outcomes include better representation of interests, effective bargaining on priority issues, and securing substantial outcomes in the UNFCCC COP negotiations. #ClimateNegotiation #WaterSector #CapacityBuilding #mountain Santosh Nepal, PhD Bimal Raj Regmi, PhD Rojy Joshi Prakriti Koirala Melissa Pradhan Regan Sapkota Madhu Sudan Gautam Declan Sharkey Martina Mascarenhas Ed Humphrey Suresh Tiwari Dr Sindhu Prasad Dhungana Sabnam Shivakoti Dr. Manohara Khadka Sanot Adhikari anju pokharel Dharam Raj Uprety Phillip Marker Katherine Cooke MSc Joe R. Ugan Manandhar