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Climate-Ready Health Systems: A Regional Strategy for Building Climate-Health Capacity in North Africa
No full textNorth African nations are highly exposed to the climate-health crisis, facing combined risks that greatly impact vulnerable groups. These include repeated climate-related disease outbreaks, plus more heat waves and droughts. Existing health education and infrastructure aren\u27t ready to handle these issues. A dual-track strategy to build regional climate-health capacity is proposed in this policy paper: A) integrate climate-health education into medical and public health curricula at all universities across North Africa; and B) launch a multilingual Continuous Professional Development (CPD) platform will develop health workers and students, adaptation through knowledge sharing, building local leadership, and ensuring fair access to resources.
In order to move beyond pilot programmes and towards a coordinated capacity-building strategy that includes quantifiable health, social, and environmental co-benefits, regional cooperation and existing international frameworks, such as the WHO Operational Framework for Climate-Resilient Health Systems and the UNFCCC\u27s ACE guidelines, can be used. This will align with the Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda (SAA) and clarify how to increase adaptation efforts in health. It also makes sure that the regional needs are included in global adaptation plans. This plan is in line with the accelerated climate goal
Boosting Carbon Sequestration in Agri-Food Systems through Nature-Based Solution(NBS) for People, Planet and Prosperity.
No full textIn 2015, 195 United Nations’ Parties adopted the Paris Agreement at COP21, marking a historical milestone in the Climate Negotiations to limit global warming to well below 2°C above the pre-industrial levels by 2030. Since then, countries have committed to present their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to tackle the rise of global temperatures. Achieving the 1.5°C climate target demands transformative climate action, especially in the Agri-Food System, as it is both, one of the major contributors and victims of Climate Change, accounting for up to 13-21% of total Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emission annually. In this context, Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) appear as a promising pathway to mitigate the effects of climate change in this sector, while enhancing the resilience of natural ecosystems, especially land, which functions as a critical carbon sink. This policy paper will focus on how NBS can be applied in the Agri-Food System in order to boost Carbon Sequestration through Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) such as increasing Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) through Biochar, which is proven to be a climate-smart solution to support a just and sustainable transition to more resilient form of agriculture
Integration of Advanced Biofuels into NDCs: The Case of Brazilian Ethanol and Biodiesel
No full textNationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are the primary mechanism under the Paris Agreement for countries to present their climate mitigation strategies. However, many NDCs still overlook the potential of advanced biofuels, such as sugarcane biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol, in decarbonizing the transport sector. This policy paper aims to examine the Brazilian case - a global leader in sustainable biofuels - and its well-established production model of sugarcane ethanol and biodiesel as a solution for reducing emissions of atmospheric pollutants that contribute to global warming. Its objective is to advocate for the explicit inclusion of advanced biofuels in NDCs, with clear targets for fossil fuel substitution. The study anticipates that implementation should follow Brazil’s mandatory blending policies (such as B10, B15, and E27), but on a global scale, accelerating the energy transition
Young Indigenous Women and the Low-Carbon Future: Female Political Representation and Knowledge in the Energy Sector in Brazil
No full textThe transition to a low-carbon economy is an ethical imperative in the face of the climate crisis, demanding actions that encompass social justice, gender equity, and Indigenous leadership. It is therefore urgent to include young Indigenous women in the design and implementation of sustainable energy solutions, as demonstrated by case studies in the Brazilian Amazon. Despite the central role of Indigenous peoples in environmental protection, international climate finance still overlooks community-based initiatives, allocating less than 1% of global resources directly to these populations. Indigenous women face additional challenges due to gender and technical access barriers. There is a clear need for accessible financial mechanisms under the UNFCCC, international technical training programs focused on carbon literacy (that is, the ability to understand, communicate, and act on issues related to carbon emissions and climate change), and public policies that promote decentralized energy systems managed by Indigenous communities. Recognizing the knowledge of these peoples and the potential of young Indigenous female leaders reveals real pathways toward a just and democratic. To address these challenges, this policy paper outlines three main proposals: improving Indigenous access to international climate finance, expanding carbon literacy training tailored to cultural contexts, and promoting decentralized energy solutions through inclusive public policy
From Dialogue to Delivery: Engaging Non-State Actors in GST Follow-Up
No full textClimate action is falling short where it matters most, on the ground, because those doing the work are often excluded from the system\u27s tracking progress. The Global Stocktake (GST), meant to assess global climate efforts, remains focused on national governments, leaving out non-state actors (NSAs) who lead much of the real-world delivery. This exclusion stems from structural gaps in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the lack of formal ways for NSAs to engage meaningfully. Existing tools, like voluntary platforms and consultations, are not enough, they lack enforcement and true integration. This paper proposes two practical solutions: AI-powered Nested Climate Accounting, which allows NSAs to report and track local efforts in real time, and a Legal Mandate to embed NSA roles directly into national climate planning. Together, these steps shift the GST from a top-down review to a more inclusive, accountable system that reflects the realities of climate action on the ground
Theme 7: Global Stocktake & COP30 Implementation Agenda
No full textThe first Global Stocktake (GST) at COP28 showed what many feared: current national plans are not enough to keep warming near 1.5C. The GST is an accurate, urgent diagnosis, but a diagnosis without a delivery plan will not change outcomes. This paper recommends that COP30 adopt a practical Globally Determined Contribution (GDC) as a shared benchmark and gives concrete ways to link that benchmark to national planning, measurement, and finance. Three pillars are essential: (1) an operational GDC with transparent allocation rules and a UNFCCC-hosted technical panel to publish annual syntheses; (2) mandatory, time-bound integration of GST findings into NDCs, long-term strategies and sector budgets; and (3) a dual MRV pathway that recognizes community-generated data (Brazil\u27s mutirao model) while building interoperable digital registries (EU Union Registry model) and open-data tools (Climate Watch). The paper offers concrete language for COP decisions, an implementation timeline, and finance instruments (participatory MRV grants, registry capital grants, results-based disbursements). Embedding equity indicators - finance received, adaptation gaps, and certified local MRV capacity - will make CBDR operational and measurable. With clear rules, funding windows, and technical support, COP30 can convert the GST from a mirror into a map that governments and communities can actually follow
Global Urban Green Space Initiative for Climate Capacity Building: A Policy Blueprint for Youth, Collaboration, and Climate Action
No full textThis is a policy paper recommending the implementation of a Global Urban Green Space Initiative for Climate Capacity Building (GUGSI-CCB). Following the success of the UK’s National Education Nature Parks (NENP) this paper explores how the policy could be transferred to the international stage by using the UNs Race to Zero education campaign. It highlights the policy being a method of collaboration between the north and south which national governments have failed at in recent years. The policy paper focuses on the importance of decreasing youth anxiety towards climate change, the benefit of a global database on climate change, and creating a community on campuses to challenge climate change. It details implementation and funding of this project and highlights the importance of south-south collaboration throughout this policy
Geopolitics of Home in Ghada Karmi’s In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story and Return: A Palestinian Memoir
No full textThis paper argues that Palestinians, whether inside Palestine or exiled, are subjected to various racial palestinianisation practices. One of the exiled Palestinians is the Doctor of Medicine Ghada Karmi (b. 1939), who wrote extensively on the Palestinian cause. Among her writings are two memoirs in English: In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story (2002) and Return: A Palestinian Memoir (2015), tackling racial palestinianisation practices on the collective and personal levels. These two memoirs are part of the recent proliferation of Palestinian life writings, primarily driven by the urge to narrate and document Palestinian writers’ experiences facing the politics of denial and/or misrepresentation. Karmi’s both memoires narrate her lifetime experience beginning with pre-Nakba Qatamon, Jerusalem (Al-Quds), later outside Home in exile (manfa), and her intermittent returns Home to Palestine. I contend that racial palestinianisation practices have shattered the Palestinians’ life experiences since the Nakba and has since been extended over different temporalities and spatialities, impacting their collective and personal experiences simultaneously. The collective Palestinian quotidian life in the Occupied Palestinian territories is demarcated by the Annexation Wall, borders and checkpoints, resulting in a continuous geopolitical spatial precariousness evoking Bentham’s Panopticon and the American Pelican Bay prison. At the personal level, racial palestinianisation practices have blighted Karmi’s perceptions of Home and its interrelated Palestinian identity construction. Thus, this paper seeks to analyse how racial palestinianisation practices have resulted in stifled ubiquitous experience and precarity, resulting in a prolonged sense of loss and alteration of Home perception
State and Peasants in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt: Some Archival Sources for the Study of Egyptian Rural History
No full textThis article identifies some of the sources that are helpful for the study of peasant society in mid-nineteenth-century Egypt. In describing each of these sources, which involves specifying the nature of the data documented by a source, it highlights the potential use of each source and its limitations. It concludes that the examination of a combination of archival sources, rather than just one, enables the researcher to address some of the limitations of a particular source, and moreover to avoid developing distorted interpretation