Sander Chan

Nederlands klimaatcentrum misleidde donateurs om geld binnen te halen Uit onderzoek van de NOS blijkt dat het Global Center on Adaptation zijn eigen invloed sterk overdreef.

@nieuws.nos.nl revealed that @gcadaptation.bsky.social overstated results to raise funds. As a former researcher, I faced pressure to support hype over science. I left because real research became impossible. Climate adaptation needs scientific knowledge, not spin. nos.nl/artikel/2585...

Unchecked power has no place in climate adaptation. Granting immunity to @gcadaptation.bsky.social in Kenya, combined with conflicts of interest in Verkooijen's dual role as GCA CEO and University of Nairobi Chancellor does a disservice to global adaptation action.

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Nederland draait geldkraan dicht van prestigieus maar omstreden klimaatcentrum Acht jaar geleden haalde Nederland het centrum nog met veel bombarie hierheen. Nu de Nederlandse financiering wegvalt, dreigt de directeur met een vertrek.

Een echte internationale organisatie zou niet zelf kunnen besluiten om te verhuizen. Een echte IO zou zulke dreigementen niet mogen uiten.

A real international organisation would not be able to decide by itself to relocate. A real IO should not be allowed to make such threats.

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🌍 Inaugural Talk – Dr. Lauri Peterson 🎓
🗣️ “A Symphony of Efforts: Voluntary Climate Initiatives and Subnational Climate Action”
📅 Tue, 16 Sept 2025 | 🕐 13:00–14:00 EEST
💻 Online (Zoom link via registration)
🔗 Register: lnkd.in/dHN8G_vW
More info: www.achieveproject.eu/news/inaugur...

🚨 New Report!
Fixing the Broken Governance Chain
Aligning Private Finance with the Paris Agreement 🌍💰
This report explores how FIs, coalitions & regulators can work together with real-world climate goals.
Read the full report: www.achieveproject.eu/publications...

#netzero #voluntaryclimateaction

Beyond Nature‐based Solutions: The case for Integrated Nature‐Climate Action Moving beyond NbS to pursue an inclusive INCA concept can help address the systemic drivers of the global polycrisis. With synergies between the Rio Conventions expected to be a key focus of the upco...

Beyond Nature‐based Solutions: The case for Integrated Nature‐Climate Action. New paper w. Hollie Folkard‐Tapp - Journal of Applied Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌍 Stay tuned for ACHIEVE at #ECPR2025 in Thessaloniki! 🇬🇷
We're joining two key panels on Achieving Higher Accountability, Credibility and Integrity in Voluntary Climate Action & Governance and Policies to Strengthen Voluntary Climate Action.
#Sustainability #voluntaryclimateaction #highintegrity

🌍 On 2 July 2025, the EU will propose its 2040 climate target—potentially using international carbon credits under Article 6.

Our new #PolicyBrief outlines key conditions to ensure any such use strengthens, not weakens, EU climate action.
Read more: www.achieveproject.eu/publications...

At #SB62 in Bonn, I shared 5 lessons from 10+ years of research on nonstate & subnational climate action:

Don’t let cooperation peak & fade
Tackle structural imbalances
Share decision-making power
Nature-based action = inclusion
Deliver on ambition
#ClimateAction #GST
@achieveproject.bsky.social

⏰ 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐎𝐧: 𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬!
📍 𝐅𝐫𝐢 𝟐𝟕 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟏:𝟑𝟎 𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓
Cities and Citizens Partnering for Climate Action: share best practices, connect cities & actors, and spotlight what works.
Register here: www.achieveproject.eu/news/worksho...
#publicengagement

🌍 Nature-based climate action = key to solving the climate, biodiversity & justice crises.
Join us at #SB62:
Scaling High-Integrity Nature-Based Climate Action
📅 Sat 21 June | 🕥 10:30–11:45 CEST
📍 Kaminzimmer, WCCB, Bonn
#NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateAction #COP30 #ACHIEVEproject #HighIntegrity

Missed our webinar? no stress, you can catch the replay here: www.achieveproject.eu/publications... 🎥
we covered key updates on net zero integrity – from SBTi + ISO draft to GHG Protocol + EU regs (CSRD/CSDDD)
let us know what you think!
#voluntaryclimateaction #netzero​ #highintegrity

🚨 Workshop Alert 🚨
How can cities turn citizen involvement into real climate impact? 🌍🏙️
👥 Join us to explore inspiring examples across the EU, share success stories, and discuss how to scale them up!
🗓️ 27 June 🕓 10:00 CEST
👉 Register here www.achieveproject.eu/news/worksho...

Of in Groningen

🌍 Reflections from Day 1 of our General Assembly – Cologne 2025 🇩🇪
From SBTi updates to EU regulations and carbon credits in cities, today was packed with key topics shaping climate action.
We’re back tomorrow!
📩Subrcribe and stay tuned www.achieveproject.eu

#netzero #voluntaryclimateaction

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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭-𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲!
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐁𝐓𝐢, 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐈𝐒𝐎 𝐍𝐞𝐭 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐆𝐇𝐆 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥, 𝐄𝐔’𝐬 𝐂𝐒𝐑𝐃 & 𝐂𝐒𝐃𝐃𝐃.
Register here: www.achieveproject.eu/news/webinar...

ADVANCING NET-0 INTEGRITY
Tue 20 May,11.00–12.30CEST
Latest on SBTi, ISO Standard, GHG Protocol, CSRD/CSDDD
@achieveproject.bsky.social

🎤Maximilian Müller (U.Cologne);Sybrig Smit (@newclima.bsky.social):@markroelfsema.bsky.social (PBL):Isabel Haase(@oekoinstitut.bsky.social)
Link shorturl.at/rfflE

Join us for an open session on the latest developments on Net-Zero Integrity!
Advancing Net-Zero Integrity: Updates from Voluntary and Regulatory Arenas'.
🗓️ Tuesday 20 May 2025 | 🕚 11.00–12.30 CEST
📍 Online – Link to join: lnkd.in/eUZgZ54s
@sanderchan.bsky.social @achieveproject.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Researcher: Effectiveness, Integrity and Synergies of Cooperative Climate Action | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Effectiveness, Integrity and Synergies of Cooperative Climate Action at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!

Link to position: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Postdoctoral Researcher: Effectiveness, Integrity and Synergies of Cooperative Climate Action | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Effectiveness, Integrity and Synergies of Cooperative Climate Action at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!

🚨 Last chance to apply!

Join our research project on effectiveness, integrity & synergies in cooperative climate action as a post-doc

🗓️ Deadline: 30 April — fast approaching!

📌 Apply now: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

@esg-journal.bsky.social @radboudpol.bsky.social @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Exciting opportunity! We're hiring a postdoctoral researcher to work with us on the effectiveness, integrity, and synergies of cooperative climate action.

If you're passionate about impactful research and transnational climate action, I’d love to hear from you.

www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

🚨We're hiring! Join Radboud University as Postdoctoral Researcher on Effectiveness, Integrity & Synergies of Cooperative #ClimateAction. 🌍
Work with our interdisciplinary research team to strengthen global climate action. Apply by 30 April!

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Opinion | The New Evidence Climate Change Will Upend American Homeownership A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.

A good time to be studying the politics of asset revaluation driven by climate change www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o... @jeffcolgan.bsky.social @greenprofgreen.bsky.social

Chinese foreign minister visits Dublin as China and EU reassess fraught relationship If Trump’s talks with Putin facilitate a pause in the fighting, Ukraine will decline in salience as a point of contention

Between Beijing and Brussels, there are signs that a reset could be in the offing after four tense and difficult years. China’s public statements have stressed that with “the world turning into a less stable and certain place”, its relationship with the EU is more strategically important than ever.

🎇 🎆 Wishing everyone a joyous New Year filled with health, happiness, and success. May the year ahead bring hope, optimism, and a greener future for our shared home—planet Earth! 🌎🍃
#horizoneurope #VoluntaryClimateAction #netzero​ #achieveproject #highintegrity

We are pleased to introduce another valuable member of our team: the CATIE – Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center!
👉 Discover more about CATIE: catie.ac.cr/en/
🔔 Sign up to our Newsletter our 2nd edition is coming! Don't miss it! achieveproject.eu

A remarkable transition:

Kenya is Africa's leading country when it comes to renewables.

In 2000 fossil fuels contributed 60% to electricity generation.

Today it is 6%. In 2023 electricity was from almost 50% geothermal, 20% wind+solar and 22% hydro.

The #ACHIEVE project’s first year is nearly complete! We’ve reviewed our progress, celebrated our successes, and planned exciting next steps with renewed energy and ambition 🎉
Our 2nd newsletter, packed with updates and future plans, will be out soon! Stay tuned!

From regime‐building to implementation: Harnessing the UN climate conferences to drive climate action The UN climate conferences can drive implementation across five governance functions, using both their roles as formal decision-making body and as mega-events.

With the renewed interest in #COP reform, maybe time to re-up this #openaccess article in WIRES #Climate Change. We suggested to focus on sectoral systems to break the overall task down into manageable pieces (1/3) wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring abo...

Okay, I have to do a thread on this pretty amazing article because it is just seriously chockers with eye-opening stats about 'direct air capture' - ie, sucking up air and trying to remove carbon dioxide from it

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