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To my knowledge, this is the first time ever a #FossilFuel fuel phase-down or phase-out has appeared as option in a #COP decision text. So this is already progress in terms of socialising this norm, but the true benchmark for success is whether it will get adopted

This is why we needed to see the list, people. No China. No India. No South Africa. No Turkey. No Indonesia. Etc.

At the Cop28 climate conference taking place in Dubai, oil and gas producers are counting on carbon capture and storage (CCS) for a social license to keep drilling as usual. Don’t fall for it. 🖌Laurence Tubiana & Emmanuel Guérin climatechangenews.com/2023/12/04/don…

DKK Co-Chair Prof. Angela Oels opening #COP28 side event Green #Hydrogen Pathways in Europe and Africa asks the question: How can green H2 be just, sustainable, and contribute to a #netzero economy?

Some takeaways from our ⁦Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)⁩ #COP28 side event on green #hydrogen partnerships between EU & Africa. 1) Strong interest in not just repeating the fossil fuel business model. How? One proposal is to ensure Africa-internal markets. What about H2-based fertilizers?

From our ⁦Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)⁩ #COP28 side event, an important reminder from ⁦Dr. Moumini Savadogo⁩: from an EU perspective, #climate #mitigation is paramount for #Hydrogen partnerships, but for Africa it should contribute to #adaptation ⁦AKADEMIYA2063⁩

Takeaways from our ⁦Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)⁩ #COP28 side event on green #hydrogen partnerships 2) The critical question, perfectly phrased by Chinnan Dikwal: How to turn revenues into social value? Ensuring the participation of local communities all along value chain is key.

Takeaways from our Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) #COP28  side event on green #hydrogen partnerships 3) ⁦Amos Wemanya⁩ from ⁦Power Shift Africa⁩: Africa has huge potential for #renewables, but has only received 2% of investments over the past 20 years. That has to change.

Some wise closing thoughts from ⁦Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)⁩ colleague ⁦Rainer Quitzow⁩: Nobody really knows what the #green #hydrogen future will bring. But if we don’t have a vision, we’ll never get anywhere. One key issue: who will bear the risks in H2 development? #COP28

We are fulfilling the promise of the Global Methane Pledge. At #COP28 Methane Ministerial: ✅155 partners ✅$1B in new grant funding since COP27 ✅86 countries finished or working on plans to #cutmethane ✅US, EU, Canada, Brazil & Egypt announcing new methane regulations

#COP28 is due to choose the host & presidency of #COP29 next year Host is due to be from Eastern Europe, but Russia is vetoing EU, Armenia & Azerbaijan are vetoing each other… Per UNFCCC rules: If no-one is chosen, it will be held in Bonn, with UAE's Al Jaber as president 🧵

This is amazing ⬇️

It's day 11 here at #COP28 and today the negotiations to keep 1.5C alive and limit the devastating impacts of global heating on humans and more-than-humans are shifting up a gear. But the problematic phase "down" vs "out" debate may have re-entered the chat... 🧵

Scaling co-creation and reflection at COP28! ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/37… See what we were up to in Dubai and connect with us for future partnerships... Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) Co-Creative Reflection & Dialogue Space (CCRDS) Carolin Fraude Niko Schaepke Heike Schroeder

Calls are open for the 2024 Potsdam Summer School on ecosystems change and resilience in the anthropocene! Hosted by Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie AWI Medien Universität Potsdam & Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS). Apply at potsdam-summer-school.org

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There is little that’s more important for GHG polluter accountability than measuring methane accurately. The animal agriculture industry is lobbying to change the rules. Here’s how: Full Report: changingmarkets.org/wp-content/upl… Register for the webinar: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

📢#Fellowship opportunity for artists interested in "Planetary Transitions": DAAD_Artists Potsdam and Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) have issued a joint call for a 3-6 month project. 🗓️ Application deadline: 14 April 2024 rifs-potsdam.de/sites/default/…

Klaus Töpfer war ein Vorkämpfer für die Nachhaltigkeit, ein großer Politiker und Wissenschaftler. Als Gründungsdirektor hat er das IASS/heute RIFS als Plattform für den Dialog von Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft etabliert. Wir trauern mit seiner Familie.