Event: Promoting High Integrity Voluntary Climate Action - The Road to COP29

[Chan, M. (Sander)]

Dear Colleagues,

 

We are delighted to invite you to a hybrid session on "Promoting High Integrity Voluntary Climate Action - The Road to COP29 and Beyond", which will be part of the 1st Meeting of the Achieving High Integrity Voluntary Climate Action (ACHIEVE) Project. This session will be held on 3 July 2024, from 12:45 to 14:15 CEST.

 

Format	Hybrid
Physical Location	Ulbo de Sitter room, ground floor of the Elinor Ostrom building, Heyendaalseweg 141, 6525AJ Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Link for online contributions/participation	Link for joining online Meeting ID: 376 543 813 703 Passcode: kc4GG4
Date	3 July 2024
Time	12.45-14.15

 

This session will focus on the latest developments in non-state and subnational voluntary climate action and the path to the Baku UN Climate Conference later this (COP29) and beyond. We will explore the critical role researchers, data analysts, and data providers can play in promoting high integrity climate action. The discussion will feature contributions from: Mr Ian Tout and Mr Tamaki Takao (UNFCCC Secretariat), Prof. Thomas Hale (University of Oxford), Dr Takeshi Kuramochi (NewClimate Institute) and Dr Luli Pesqueira (WWF).

 

The session will be moderated by Prof. Birka Wicke and Dr Sander Chan from Radboud University.

 

For more information, see the attached flyer/agenda.

 

Dr. Sander Chan (he/him)

Department of Geography, Planning and Environment | Nijmegen School of Management | Radboud University | E: sande...@ru.nl | T: +31 (0)6 3113 2955 (during CET office hours)|  Elinor Ostrom Building room 02.151 | Heyendaalseweg 141 | P.O. Box 9108 | 6500 HK Nijmegen

 

Time zone in the Netherlands (GMT+2)

 

Selected recent publications:

• Kuramochi, T., Deneault A., Chan, S., Smit, S., & Pelekh., N. (2024) Supporting the Paris Agreement through international cooperation: potential contributions, institutional robustness, and progress of Glasgow climate initiatives. NPJ Climate Action, 3, 31.
• O’Garra, T., Kuz, V., Deneault, A., Orr, C., & Chan, S. (2024). Early engagement and co-benefits strengthen cities’ climate commitments. Nature Cities, 1-10.
• Teunissen, A., & Chan, S. (2024) Leveraging “Enabling Power” Through Awarding in Global Climate Governance: Catalytic Impacts of UNFCCC’s Global Climate Action Award. Global Environmental Politics. 24 (1) 100-123.
• Bulkeley, H., Chan, S., Fransen, A., Landry, J., Wagner, A., Seddon, N., Deprez. A., Kok, M. (2023) Building Synergies Between Climate & Biodiversity Governance: A Primer for COP28. Report. 1 July 2023. Durham Univerity, Utrecht University, Radboud University, University of Oxford, Nature-Based Solutions Initiative, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
• Hsu, A., Chan, S., Roelfsema, M., Schletz, M., Kuramochi, T., Smit, S., Deneault, A. (2023) From drumbeating to marching: assessing non-state and subnational climate action using data. One Earth, 6(9), 1077-1081.
• Varadan, S. R., Chandler, C. I. R., Weed, K., Ahmed, S. M., Atuire, C., Batheja, D., Bull, S.J., Chan, S., ... & Lewycka, S. (2023). A just transition for antimicrobial resistance: planning for an equitable and sustainable future with antimicrobial resistance. The Lancet.
• Chan, S., Bauer, S., Betsill, M. M., Biermann, F., Boran, I., Bridgewater, P., ... & Pettorelli, N. (2023). The Global Biodiversity Framework Needs a Robust Action Agenda. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
• Chan, S., Hale, T., Deneault, A., Shrivastava, M., Mbeva, K., Chengo, V., & Atela, J. (2022). Assessing the effectiveness of orchestrated climate action from five years of summits. Nature Climate Change, 12(7), 628-633.
• NewClimate Institute, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Radboud University. (2022). Global Climate Action 2022: How have international initiatives delivered, and what more is possible? Research report prepared by: Kuramochi, T., Chan, S., Smit, S., Deneault, A., Pelekh, N.
• Widerberg, O.,  Boran, I.,  Chan, S.,  Deneault, A.,  Kok, M. &  Negacz, K. et al. (2022). Finding synergies and trade-offs when linking biodiversity and climate change through cooperative initiatives. Global Policy,  00, 1– 5.
• Obergassel, W., Bauer, S., Hermwille, L., Aykut, S.C., Boran, I., Chan, S., … & Simeonova K. (2022). From regime‐building to implementation: Harnessing the UN climate conferences to drive climate action. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. Aug 13:e797.
• Chan, S., Eichhorn, F., Biermann, F., & Teunissen, A. (2021). A Momentum for Change? Systemic effects and catalytic impacts of transnational climate action. Earth System Governance, 9, 100119.
• Chan, S., Boran, I., Van Asselt, H., Ellinger, P., Garcia, M., Hale, T., ... & Shrivastava, M. K. (2021). Climate ambition and sustainable development for a new decade: a catalytic framework. Global Policy, 12(3), 245-259.

Hale, T. N., Chan, S., Hsu, A., Clapper, A., Elliott, C., Faria, P., ... & Widerberg, O. (2021). Sub-and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact. Climate Policy, 21(3), 406-420.