Climate Governance Integrity

 Community Consultation and Coal Plant Construction Written by Abraham Sumalinog Blue Power Coal Plant under construction, Samcheok City South Korean civil society organizations and active citizens, young and adults, are fighting for the nation's future and the whole world through environmental and climate change actions in various forms--public awareness campaigns, public picketing, protest actions, press conference, consultation, among many.  Having experienced the brunt of three typhoons that ravaged the country within a week in September this year seemed to have pushed more climate actions and awakened some citizens to the truth of the impacts of climate change.  One of such collaborative climate actions among citizens happened on the 18th of November 2020. The organizers invited climate action supporters to gather in Samcheok City to protest against a new coal plant's construction along the beautiful beach area located just five kilometers away from the City. I was ...

  Prepared by Abraham Sumalinog GCF B27 Day 1 The Co-chairs, Sue Szabo (Canada) and Nauman Bhatti (Pakistan) welcomed the Board to its second virtual board meeting, scheduled to run 4 hours a day via Zoom until 13 November 2020. The recorded meeting is available online here.  Adoption of the B27 Agenda BMs worry that the Updated Strategic Plan (USP), although proposed for adoption at this Board Meeting, is still not ready due to lack of documentation. policy gaps: include the Integrated Results Management Framework (IRMF), the Updated Strategic Plan (USP), and the Project-Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA) urged the Board to make decisive actions now, with emphasis on the adoption of the IRMF Co-chair assured the Board that the USP and the IRMF would be tabled at this Board Meeting Adoption of the B26 Report and the Board Decisions Proposed Between Meetings (B26-B27) decisions proposed to the Board between B26 and B27, namely:  Appointment of the ethics and audit commi...