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Last updated date: 25 Jul 2024
… The adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change has signalled a new era of global cooperation for the world to tackle climate mitigation and adaptation in order to keep the global … summits that bring together non-state players. Climate action … climate action … climate action … Climate action …
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Last updated date: 26 Feb 2019
… transition projects, beneficial both in terms of their climate impact and their economic aspect - many of them … a conference "Designing a framework for bottom-up climate action" with the goal to exchange best practices and …
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Last updated date: 18 Nov 2019
… 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres hosted the Climate Action Summit in New York. The Summit showcased a leap in … and sustainable and resilient infrastructures and cities. Climate Action Summit 2019 … Climate Action Summit 2019 …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… the mainstreaming approach could potentially work for climate protection action, since at least 25% of EU funds will be earmarked for climate-related measures. In particular, the EESC welcomes …
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Last updated date: 11 Jun 2019
… of the Council of the EU will place the fight against climate change high on its agenda. One of the challenges will … EESC organised a seminar on Concrete measures to combat climate change in the new EU term 2019-2024 , held on 6 June … a top concern for many voters. There is an urgency to take action on climate change, since we are already feeling its …
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Last updated date: 26 Feb 2019
… The shift towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy has been driven largely by … In recent years, the number, scope and scale of non-state climate actions has grown rapidly. However, non-state actors … April to launch the European Dialogue on Non-State Climate Action . The purpose of this event will be to put forward an …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… and strengthened to ensure that protection of the climate and environment in the European Union can be taken … crisis, to give firm support for investment in the climate and environment in order to mitigate their effects. Establishing a Climate Action sub-programme may create a positive instrument to …
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Last updated date: 15 Mar 2018
… of the Paris Agreement which addresses the issue of climate governance in the context of the implementation of … Agreement and looks into the conditions for success of the climate actions by non-state actors, possibilities for … obstacles standing in the way of civil society climate action. One month ahead of the opening of the COP22 in …
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Last updated date: 20 Mar 2023
… The COP22 side event co-organised by the EESC and the Climate Chance Association will serve to support the pledge … and shared thinking. Non-State Actors for Bottom-Up Climate Action … Non-State Actors for Bottom-Up Climate Action …
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Last updated date: 21 Apr 2021
… interlinked with the health of our planet. Fighting the climate crisis requires determined and persistent action on many fronts . However, the solutions are many and … years. Many actions and events this year will center on climate action, reforestation, or protecting biodiversity. …
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Last updated date: 03 Aug 2017
… solutions is key for implementation of international climate change commitments, they said. They called onto … new business opportunities as crucial actors to address climate change.   "The transition to a low-carbon world is … has an important role to play in... It is high time for action in the fight against climate change … It is high time …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… NAT/368-EESC-2007-1702 EESC Opinion: Adapting to climate change – Options for EU action … NAT/368-EESC-2007-1702 … EESC Opinion: Adapting to climate change – Options for EU action …
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Last updated date: 10 Dec 2021
… and associations whose creative and inspiring climate projects promote a just and green transition towards a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. The EUR 50 000 prize was shared … the vital role that older people can play in climate action. Accepting the prize, Grootouders voor het Klimaat …
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Last updated date: 23 Apr 2021
… The EESC will award up to five climate projects that showcase civil society's invaluable contribution to achieving climate neutrality The European Economic and Social Committee … for its Civil Society Prize 2021. Choosing climate action as the theme of its prize, the EESC will select the …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… NAT/442-EESC-2009-1707 EESC Opinion: Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action … NAT/442-EESC-2009-1707 … EESC Opinion: Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action …
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Last updated date: 09 Jan 2024
… The EU should promote climate diplomacy as a flagship policy in its external action, stressed the European Economic and Social Committee … robust and credible strategic plan is needed to adjust its climate diplomacy to the current geopolitical landscape and …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 02 Feb 2021
… Key points: The shift towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy has been driven to a great extent … In recent years, the number, scope and scale of non-state climate actions has grown rapidly. However, non-state actors … EESC calls for a "European Dialogue on Non-State Climate Action" (ED-NSCA) to strengthen and increase the scope and …
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Last updated date: 20 Mar 2023
… work together to create a new international coalition on climate dedicated to multilevel and multi-stakeholder … enables the acceleration and generalisation of action we propose a coalition which aims to achieve four main … cooperation in concrete projects to fight against climate change or to adapt to it. That is to say, provide …
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Last updated date: 30 May 2018
… Report and Conclusions - European Dialogue on non-state Climate Action … Report and Conclusions - European Dialogue on non-state Climate Action …
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Last updated date: 26 Feb 2019
… subnational actors have so far played a decisive role in action on climate, but they often face unsurmountable obstacles. At the COP 24 climate change conference in Katowice, Poland, on 2-14 …
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Last updated date: 02 Jun 2017
… the SDO conference Designing the framework for bottom-up climate action … Summary of the SDO conference Designing the framework for bottom-up climate action …
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Online Newsletter Article
Last updated date: 14 Apr 2018
… European Dialogue on Non-State Climate Action … European Dialogue on Non-State Climate Action …
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Last updated date: 02 Jun 2017
… on the topic "Designing a framework for bottom-up climate action" with the goal to exchange best practices and to … give a halt to people's commitment in their fight against climate change. The conference is also related to the current …
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Last updated date: 18 Jun 2021
… and individuals with creative projects tackling climate change to apply for its Civil Society Prize 2021. … behaviours and are inspiring people to become part of the climate solution, rather than the problem. Our prospective … project for the EESC's 2021 Civil Society Prize on climate action … Last call to submit your project for the EESC's 2021 …
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Last updated date: 06 Jan 2022
… where adults make decisions that will make or break the climate would be the real measure of success. Adélaïde … Charlier, one of the leaders of the School Strike for Climate movement, has no doubt: the European Year of Youth … EU agenda. Podcast: European Year of Youth 2022: climate action is where youth empowerment should begin … Podcast: …
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Last updated date: 26 Oct 2021
… decent work and more specifically the gender approach in climate action. What motivates you to be an active and committed … progress in the rural world, the fundamental issue of climate action -- we have spoken out on key issues such as …
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Civil society organisations from the EU27 call for immediate climate action led under their auspices
Last updated date: 07 Mar 2022
… at a conference in Paris for just, fair and inclusive climate and energy transitions that involve citizens, civil … preparing emergency plans and in adapting to the changing climate and the energy transition. Sustainable financial … by emphasizing the urgency of efficient and immediate action on climate change and the energy transition, not least …
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Last updated date: 01 Oct 2021
… from that, I am convinced that the topic of climate change is the most important issue, as it affects all … two key steps that the EU needs to take to achieve real climate and environmental progress?  The first measure would … also recently participated in the European Climate Pact Action Day and you are committed to raising awareness of how …
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Last updated date: 13 Dec 2023
… in this year's United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) for the global stocktaking of the progress made towards climate change. Committed to enhancing youth participation in climate action, the EESC Delegation was joined by a Youth Delegate, …
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Online Newsletter Article
Last updated date: 03 Jul 2019
… the Union to significant emissions cuts to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 is the main aim of Finland's EU … 1 July. The EESC will lend its support to the presidency's climate action and continue its own work towards the creation of an …
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Online Newsletter Article
Last updated date: 28 Jan 2022
… and associations whose creative and inspiring climate projects promote a just and green transition towards a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. The EUR 50 000 prize was shared … the vital role that older people can play in climate action. Accepting the prize, Grootouders voor het Klimaat …
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Online Newsletter Article
Last updated date: 28 May 2021
… The EESC will award up to five climate projects that showcase civil society's invaluable contribution to achieving climate neutrality. The European Economic and Social … its 2021 Civil Society Prize. This year's theme is climate action and the EESC will select the winners from creative and …
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Last updated date: 17 Jan 2024
… The EU should promote climate diplomacy as a flagship policy in its external action, stressed the European Economic and Social Committee … robust and credible strategic plan is needed to adjust its climate diplomacy to the current geopolitical landscape and …
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Online Newsletter Article
Last updated date: 28 Feb 2018
… In its opinion on Boosting climate actions by non-state actors , the European Economic … the main goal of which would be to make engagement in climate change more attractive to the various non-state … that it becomes the new business as usual. Climate action: we need to send a strong signal to non-state actors … …
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Last updated date: 17 Jan 2024
… COP28, but view them as a platform for increased European action on the global stage. The European Economic and Social … Committee (EESC) remains committed to addressing the climate crisis, emphasisng the need for greater ambition and … commitment: "We will not give up" on urgently tackling the climate crisis through continued EU and UN action. (ks) Civil …
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Last updated date: 28 Jun 2019
… The fight against climate change and the promotion of sustainable energy were … on the transition to a carbon-neutral society. Fighting climate change There is recognition across Europe that action on climate is urgently needed , said Mr Šefčovič at …
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Last updated date: 08 Nov 2022
… Social Committee: stresses that we are living through a climate emergency and is deeply convinced that policy … determined contribution (NDC) following the Glasgow Climate Pact; acknowledges that Russia's invasion of Ukraine … calls for empowering civil society to accelerate climate action , proposing a new governance framework to develop …
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Online Newsletter Article
Last updated date: 22 Feb 2021
… lobbyists from across Europe to discuss systemic change in climate action. On 18-19 March, the EESC's Your Europe, Your Say … 100 students from 33 countries for an online debate on climate change, modelled on the United Nations' COP …
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Last updated date: 02 Jun 2017
… . Designing the framework for bottom-up climate action … Designing the framework for bottom-up climate action …
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Last updated date: 12 Jul 2019
… dialogue: a greater role for youth and civil society in Climate Action? Tuesday 16 July 2019 | 13:15-14:45 Conference room 7 … Dialogue: A Greater Role for Youth and Civil Society in Climate Action (SDG 13) … Ireland & EESC side event - An …
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Partnership Event
Last updated date: 17 Sep 2021
… Leonardo 4 Children Workshop: Climate Action and Gender Equality … Leonardo 4 Children Workshop: Climate Action and Gender Equality …
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Online Newsletter Article
Last updated date: 21 Jan 2019
… subnational actors have so far played a decisive role in action on climate, but they often face insurmountable obstacles. At the COP 24 climate change conference in Katowice, Poland, on 2-14 …
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Online Newsletter Article
Last updated date: 19 Jan 2022
… where adults take decisions that will make or break the climate would be the real measure of success. Adélaïde … Charlier , one of the leaders of the School Strike for Climate movement, has no doubt: the European Year of Youth … agenda. (dm) TGV2/E7: European Year of Youth 2022: climate action is where youth empowerment should begin … TGV2/E7: …
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Online Newsletter Article
Last updated date: 22 Mar 2022
… across Europe have called for just, fair and inclusive climate and energy transitions that involve citizens, civil … preparing emergency plans and in adapting to the changing climate and the energy transition. Sustainable financial … by emphasising the urgency of efficient and immediate action on climate change and the energy transition, not least …
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Last updated date: 20 Jan 2020
… on migration, adaptation and finance to tackle the climate crisis. The negotiations in Madrid were expected to … governments were willing to double down on tackling the climate emergency. Yet, despite the sound of alarm bells … The voices of our children calling for urgent climate action were not heard. The disappointment is significant, but …
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Statement / Speech / Presentation
Last updated date: 01 Dec 2022
… Communities 4 Climate Action … Communities 4 Climate Action …
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Initiative
Last updated date: 30 Jun 2021
… major changes across all policy areas to make Europe climate neutral by 2050, ensuring the transition is just and inclusive. The climate crisis affects us all and the overarching … model at all levels of scale will further mobilise climate action. The European Climate Pact plays a vital role in …
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Last updated date: 20 Nov 2019
… Climate Change is one of the greatest challenges of … its efforts between three- and five-fold to contain climate change to the levels dictated by science – a 1.5°C … taking place around the world. At a recent UN Climate Action Summit in New York, governments, businesses, and civil …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 23 Dec 2023
… Key points The EESC: underlines that the current climate crisis is of an existential nature and urges all stakeholders to take an immediate, real and bold action; calls for upgrading the Climate Diplomacy to the status of flagship action of the …
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Last updated date: 08 May 2019
… Climate change is not only an environmental issue but also a … lives, and therefore a matter of justice. The subject of Climate Justice approaches climate change as a social issue … on the concept of climate justice that considers climate action together with a social dimension . The results of …
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