By Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead November 16, 2024 Petro COPs Last night at an off-site venue (Landmark Hotel) in Azerbaijan, The Climate Reality Project hosted a panel led by Al Gore, which discussed many topics including the questioning of decisions by the UN to host for the third year in a row its COP […]
COP29 Roundup: Day 5
By Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead November 15, 2024 Inflation Reduction Act and Its Impact Abroad The largest and most significant climate legislation ever passed by the US government – the Inflation Reduction Act – has been creating manufacturing and deployment jobs (EV batteries, electrolizers, heat pumps, solar components, etc.) in unprecedented fashion in the […]
COP29 Roundup: Day 4
By Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead November 14, 2024 Island Nations Island Nations along with poor developing nations have the most to lose from the impacts of climate change. Several presidents of Island nations (including Barbados, Tonga, Maldives, Bahamas, Cook Island, Granada, Marshall Islands) met yesterday in a summit to put forth their plea for […]
COP29 Roundup: Day 3
By Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead November 13, 2024 Methane The US-China Summit on Methane and Non-Co2 GHGs (Nitrous Oxide, HFCs, Ozone) began with high-level host presentations outlining the multi-country Global Methane Pledge and plan to reduce methane by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels (which would be equivalent to making all cars, trucks and […]
COP29 Roundup: Day 2
By Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead November 12, 2024 As COP29 shifts into gear you can imagine that there has been a lot of conversation already about what will happen to US climate change efforts and its role at COP moving forward now that Donald Trump has been elected. John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the […]
COP29 Roundup: Day 1
By Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead November 11, 2024 While attending COP UN Climate Summits has multiple layers of experience including hope, excitement, disillusionment and disappointment, for Seven Generations Ahead it is always a pinnacle event to watch our youth as they enter the venue for the first time (Baku, Azerbaijan’s Olympic Stadium this year) […]
COP29: Setting the Stage
Photo courtesy of IOF student and COP29 delegate, Kola Kolawole By Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead November 10, 2024 COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan (Nov 11-22) will be the first COP hosted in the Caucasus – a mountainous isthmus of land sandwiched between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and including parts of Russia, Georgia, […]