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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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.

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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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

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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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"

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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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?

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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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.

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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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.

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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

🇺🇸 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:

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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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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Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

🔋 #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: 🔗 Read the full article: www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...

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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

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Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

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! Say hi 👋 and let’s get the conversation started!

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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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.

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Topic courses | Programme | PhD Social Sciences for Sustainability and Wellbeing | DISEI | UniFI

Topic courses

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Jacopo Bencini @jacopobencini.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

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.

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Debriefing COP 29 - In conversation with the EUI delegation to Baku

Seminar as part of the EUI Climate Workshop

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