COP23

Climate Change Conference 2017 in Bonn

From 6th to 17th November, the member states of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet for the next round of negotiations in Bonn (COP23). The Republic of Fiji holds the presidency with support of the German government hosting the conference. FES will be there as well. We are organizing different events on climate and energy policy with various partners and seek to ensure that the voices of the Global South are being heard. This year, we are focusing on how to shape a just energy transition that leaves no one behind. And of course, we will update you on what is happening during the negotiation process.

Making a difference at COP23 - with the FES

Reports on the World Climate Conference 2017

We follow the negotiations on the spot, provide you with background information and let you know about the outcomes. To strengthen climate journalism around the globe, the FES Media Fellowship COP23 this year cooperates with Climate Tracker and supports two young journalists, Alanah Torralba from the Philippines and Alo Lemou from Togo, who participate in this program. They will receive a climate media training, report from COP23 and take part in FES events as well.

Venezuelans deported from the USA arrive at Caracas International Airport on a repatriation flight.

Venezuelan women in the maze of restrictive migration policies

12.06.2025 Migration policy

At the Global Forum on Migration and Development, the focus is on the impact of women on migration. But how do restrictive policies affect them?
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Ein Mann hält Fäden in der Hand, die ein Netz mit anderen Menschen bilden.

Caught between participation and hopelessness: refugees in the municipality

19.06.2025 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy

Integration begins at local level – but the conditions are far from ideal. A contribution to mark World Refugee Day by Jamil Alyou from Train of Hope Dortmund e.V.
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Sicht von oben auf die Häuser in der Stadt Ipswich westlich von Brisbane. Sie werden von den Fluten überschwemmt.

Why a human rights-based approach to climate mobility matters

19.06.2025 Causes of Displacement, Climate Change, Energy and Environment

What a human rights-based approach might look like in the context of the growing number of people displaced by climate change. New publication by Thomas Hirsch.
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Those affected protest against the restrictions on family reunification

A serious risk: The gradual undermining of the asylum system

19.06.2025 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Refugee Policy

The German government’s latest migration policy measures continue to chip away at the right to asylum. An analysis by Dr. Anne Koch on World Refugee Day.
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Black and white photo of a 10 years NATO - 10 years security poster 1959 with bombed house facade in the background.

NATO – a social democratic concept?

23.06.2025

How social democratic is NATO? An examination of the foundations of NATO, developed between 1940 and 1960, reveals surprising origins and unlikely alliances.
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Alanah Torralba reports for the FES from COP23

Alo Lemou reports for the FES from COP23

FES at COP 23

Together with our partners, we are organizing a number of events in Bonn - from official side events to workshops and simulations. Our focus in 2017: Just Transition.

Supporting Young Activists

We are supporting young activists’ involvement with COP23. To this end, FES organizes a two-day youth event including a simulation game, an expert talk and the development of a Youth Agenda. Selected members of the international delegation of FES from Morocco, Jordan, Kenya and Vietnam will also participate and discuss the young people’s suggestions for a just climate policy on November 13th. more information (in German)

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Simulation & Informal Meetings

In order to provide capacity building and necessary information on COP23, FES organizes a simulation of the negotiations at the beginning of the conference and two informal meetings during the conference for our international partners from November 6th to 7th.

Program

Study Tour on Just Transition

Further FES events at this year’s climate negotiations will be all about Just Transition. We will start with a “Study Tour on Just Transition” from November 1st to November 3rd to visit actual sites of industrial transformation in the Rhein/Ruhr Area together with a delegation of 14 international guests. With them and external experts from civil society and trade unions as well as politicians working on energy transformation, we will discuss challenges, chances and social implications of transformation processes.

Workshop at the "People’s Climate Summit"

To examine the possibility of a fair, just and socially inclusive global energy transformation, FES and Bread for the World organize a workshop on “Just Transition” with civil society activists at the People’s Climate Summit, the alternative climate conference on November 7th . At this event, results of the joint study “Guiding Principles & Lessons Learnt For a Just Energy Transition in the Global South” will be presented .

Program

Trade Union Event and Side Event at the German Pavilion

On November 9th, FES will start the day by supporting a DGB-ITUC trade union event on the links between corporate co-determination and climate policy. In the evening, our own side event on ensuring a just energy transition will take place at the German Pavilion @COP23 with speakers from the Global South and in cooperation with Bread for the World.

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Official UN-Side Event on Just Transition

On November 15th we will have the pleasure to host an official UN-side event together with Coastal Development Partnership (CDPBD), International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE), Misereor and Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI Associates). The event will focus on “Just Transition” and bring together civil society representatives and trade union representatives from the region.