COP29 wrap: A surprise, a superfan, and Singapore

In this episode, find out from Evan Stamatiou what has prompted the Global South to become more enthusiastic about carbon markets. And hear his thoughts on the COP 'beehive', as well as on the importance of COP-complementary action, as demonstrated by regional leaders such as Singapore. 

And for all you wonks out there who think you understand the Paris Agreement's Article 6 international cooperation provisions, chances are you don't! That's because you've focused on Article 6.2 (country to country trading) and 6.4 (a centralised crediting scheme under UN supervision), and overlooked the importance of the Agreement's 'non-market' Article 6.8 cooperation measure! 

Article 6.8 superfan Emily Gerrard explains its significant potential, and describes the likely impact of what was achieved at Baku on Article 6. 

Plus Mark Tilly gives an overview of the COP, discusses the quality of the COP's Article 6 decisions, and describes the COP's most surprising speech.

Was this the finance COP or the nothing-much-but-finance COP? Did the COP's presidential problem turn out to be not so much the US President-elect, but the Azerbaijani COP presidency? For answers to all these questions and more, tune in here! 

For more of Evan's reflections on COP, check out his LinkedIn posts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-stamatiou-8916b115/.

To read Emily's analysis of Article 6, check out here posts here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-gerrard/.

And for comprehensive international carbon and biodiversity news, check out Carbon Pulse and Biodiversity Pulse: https://carbon-pulse.com. 

Explore related COP29 Track Changes episodes:

• Carbon markets and climate finance - an interview with Peter Castellas of Climate Zeitgeist.
  
• COP29 mix-tape - the COP from 'A' to 'J' (conference vox pops from the delegates pavilion).
  
  
• COP29: Richie Merzian - from climate negotiator to clean energy advocate.
  
  
• COP29: Leaders of today and tomorrow (Three speakers at the leaders segment that kicked off COP29 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the UN's chief  climate scientist Jim Skea, and the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley - followed by two leaders of tomorrow - Toni Kemel Soalablai and Charlie Bevis - who are both involved in the Youth Negotiators Academy.
  
  
• COP29: Damaged but not lost - an interview with WWF's Kesaya Baba.