Jacopo Bencini

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“In un mondo sempre più frammentato le COP rimangono una piccola bolla di dialogo”. Su Rai Radio 1 gli aggiornamenti da Bonn con Jacopo Bencini, presidente di Italian Climate Network:
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EU urged to allow high-quality carbon removals into ETS carbon-pulse.com/396559/

Tassa sul carbonio alle frontiere, Bruxelles apre a una revisione per esonerare "l'80% delle imprese Ue". Il peso delle lobby e il rischio di distorsioni - Il Fatto Quotidiano Il meccanismo che punta a evitare la concorrenza sleale di chi produce in Paesi con vincoli ambientali meno rigorosi e ridurre il rischio di delocalizzazione delle produzioni sarà a pieno regime dal 2...

Luisiana Gaita de @fattoquotidiano.bsky.social mi ha fatto qualche domanda verso la prossima revisione del #CBAM europeo, la carbon tax alla frontiera prevista dal #GreenDeal europeo e attiva dal 1 gennaio 2026. Ne parleremo presso @eui-stg.bsky.social tra pochi giorni: www.eui.eu/events?id=56...

Now, with the 20 January executive order, the UNFCCC suddenly finds itself without #key #resources (for paying #salaries and organizing #meetings, paying for flights, hotels etc.) in an already constrained financial situation, symbolically at the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement.

The US contribution to the UNFCCC was not correspondent to historical responsibilities in the past, and so was also under the Biden administration. At the same time, that contribution represented a key 21% of the UNFCCC "Core Budget" and perhaps there was diplomatic space to push for something more

In 2024, the United States contributed to the UNFCCC budget as follows:
- $7,253,382 to "Core Budget" (#21% of global) + arrears
- $2,740,429 to "Supplementary Activities" (4,9%)
- $ 0 to "Participation in the UNFCCC Process"

3. #UNFCCCbudget The ex. order, at para 3.c states that "The US Ambassador to the UN [..] shall immediately cease or revoke any purported #financial #commitment made by the United States under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change". But, what are we talking about?

2. The government is #NOT #withdrawing from the #UNFCCC itself. The ex. order only states that US funding for UNFCCC activities has to be cut, but that act alone cannot reverse ratification passed through the Senate in 1992. So, a US delegation can still participate in nonCMA meetings under the COP.

1. USA withdraws from PA. The process takes #1year (which means 20/01/2026). The ex. order, however, underlines that "will consider its withdrawal from the Agreement [..] to be effective immediately". This #contrasts Art28 of the PA (1year), but nobody can force the US to send a delegation in 2025.

🇺🇸 The 20 January executive order "Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements" created panic around its possible interpretations regarding the hashtag#withdrawal of the US from the hashtag#ParisAgreement and the hashtag#UNFCCC. Three key points, for clarity:

Happy to share our latest #PolicyBrief on how jurisdictions are working to reward #high-integrity #CDR #CarbonRemovals, between #VCM, the new #PACM and new #ETS schemes. Great team work here at the @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social #CarbonMarketsHub cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...

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COP29 unpacked: wins, losses, and controversies COP29 took place in November in Baku, Azerbaijan, delivering a mix of controversy, breakthroughs, and setbacks Florence STG researcher Jacopo Bencini, who att

🔋 #COP29 in Baku delivered a whirlwind of breakthroughs, setbacks, and controversy. Florence STG researcher @jacopobencini.bsky.social attended and shares his takeaways from this high-stakes #climate conference:

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Hey, Bluesky! 🌥️
We’ve just landed here 🚀 alongside @eui-eu.bsky.social and can’t wait to connect with all of you!

Expect here updates on our events, training, initiatives, and everything happening at the Florence STG!

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COP29 Review: The trillion-dollar question on climate financing While a trillion dollar deal for climate financing was done at the last minute, some campaigners have called it a betrayal.

It was great to discuss the outcomes of #COP29 on @cgtneurope.bsky.social together with Jeremy Rifkin, Christine Loh, Michael Wilkins. The sessions has been recorded, here the link:

Time until 15/12 for #UniFi #S3W #PhD students to sign up for the course "Decarbonizing the global economy through UN negotiations: the (almost) impossible challenge of the #climate #COPs", which I will have the pleasure to conduct.

Curious to hear more on what happened at #COP29? Join us in Florence or online on 4 December for this #debriefing with Jos Delbeke, Joanna Pandera, Niklas Zens, and myself.