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Sander Chan
@sanderchan.bsky.social
Make politics progressive and the future green and fair! - Dutch political scientist, asst prof. at Radboud University; assoc. researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Making #ClimateAction High-Integrity & Credible?
This event explores the new 5-Yr Vision and launches CoAct database w. data on cooperative climate action

📍 IDOS,Tulpenfeld 6, Bonn
⏱️ 15Jun,18:30–20:00

Register @ forms.office.com/e/ZJEp19uZyw
@achieveproject.bsky.social
@ribesresearch.bsky.social
May 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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What makes a climate commitment credible? 🌍

✅ science-based targets
✅ clear timelines
✅ transparency
✅ real emissions cuts

What matters most to you? 🤔

Working with @retoolproject.bsky.social to make climate terms clearer.
April 16, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Why do voluntary climate initiatives matter?

Working with the @retoolproject.bsky.social reminded us! They help cities and companies move faster, test ideas, and shape what policy becomes next. Real climate action often starts before regulation.

#voluntaryclimateaction #horizoneurope
May 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Early-bird fees until March 31rd for the summer school 'Climate Action Beyond Governments: Assessing and Strengthening Integrity': www.ru.nl/en/education...
March 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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🌍 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥: 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
📅 𝟐𝟐–𝟐𝟔 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
⏳ 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞!
Explore how to strengthen the integrity of climate action beyond governments—tackle greenwashing, accountability & real impact.
🌐 Scholarships available (Global South encouraged)
🔗 Link in comments
March 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
SUMMER SCHOOL CLIMATE ACTION BEYOND GOVERNMENTS (22-26 Jun'26)
Business,cities,& civ.society are stepping up, but greenwashing concerns are rising. Work on integrity challenges, and codevelop roadmaps (e.g.,for cities,businesses)
Register by: 15May; Radboud Univ.(NL),more: www.ru.nl/en/education...
February 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
In @ukrant.bsky.social, Christien Boomsma explores Global Center on Adaptation's (@gcadaptation.bsky.social) broken promises for @rug.nl & #Groningen.
Meanwhile director Patrick Verkooijen escapes accountability through shady dealings in Kenya & at Univ. of Nairobi.

ukrant.nl/magazine/de-...
De klimaatmiljarden die niet naar Groningen kwamen
Samenwerking met het Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) moest de RUG een koploper maken in onderzoek naar klimaatverandering.
ukrant.nl
January 29, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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🌍 𝟏𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
Proud to share our collaborative work: 𝐓𝐞𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞
Read the full report: www.achieveproject.eu/publications...

#ClimateAction #Sustainability #voluntaryclimateaction #netzero #highintegrity #horizoneurope
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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#COP30 policymakers must ensure integration of #climate and #biodiversity action by #NGOs & subnational actors is anchored in #spatial #data. #UNFCCC Global Climate Action and #CBD Action Agenda Portals should lead by requiring spatial details on implementation
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
From pledges to places: action agendas need spatial data to integrate climate and biodiversity action - npj Climate Action
As COP30 approaches, policymakers must ensure that the integration of climate and biodiversity action by non-state and subnational actors is anchored in spatial data. Otherwise, we cannot see where ch...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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🌍 New analysis of 387 climate initiatives shows big growth but uneven impact.
Next 5 years are crucial for alignment, accountability, and real transformation.
Full Report: www.achieveproject.eu/news/ten-yea...

#COP30 #CoActDatabase #Horizon #ACHIEVE #BioCAM4 #CAMDA #climateintegrity
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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🌍 Save the Date!

We’re heading to COP30 in Belém, Brazil! 🌿
Join us for our side event:

“Climate, Nature & People: Advancing the Global Mutirão Vision”
A space to explore how collective action can spark real change for people and the planet.

#COP30 #ClimateAction#voluntaryclimateaction
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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🚨 New paper out! 🚨
“From pledges to places” — we show why spatial data is the missing link for connecting climate 🌍 and biodiversity 🐝 action.

➡️ www.achieveproject.eu/news/new-pub...

#ClimateAction #Biodiversity #SpatialData #Justice #COP30 #NaturePositive #highintegrity
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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As COP30 approaches, policymakers must ensure that the integration of climate and biodiversity action by non-state and subnational actors is anchored in spatial data. #UNFCCC #ClimateAction #CBD @sanderchan.bsky.social @tlustym.bsky.social @conresglobal.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
From pledges to places: action agendas need spatial data to integrate climate and biodiversity action - npj Climate Action
As COP30 approaches, policymakers must ensure that the integration of climate and biodiversity action by non-state and subnational actors is anchored in spatial data. Otherwise, we cannot see where ch...
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New paper: FROM PLEDGES TO PLACES 🗺️

Our paper in NPJ Climate Action shows why spatial data is key for credible, integrated biodiversity & climate action.

We urge UNFCCC, CBD & UNCCD to:
➡️ Require spatial data in reporting
➡️ Enable monitoring
➡️ Support data collection & use

Read: rdcu.be/eNNe5
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@nieuws.nos.nl revealed that @gcadaptation.bsky.social overstated results to raise funds. As a former researcher, I faced pressure to support hype over science. I left because real research became impossible. Climate adaptation needs scientific knowledge, not spin. nos.nl/artikel/2585...
Nederlands klimaatcentrum misleidde donateurs om geld binnen te halen
Uit onderzoek van de NOS blijkt dat het Global Center on Adaptation zijn eigen invloed sterk overdreef.
nos.nl
October 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Unchecked power has no place in climate adaptation. Granting immunity to @gcadaptation.bsky.social in Kenya, combined with conflicts of interest in Verkooijen's dual role as GCA CEO and University of Nairobi Chancellor does a disservice to global adaptation action.

sokodirectory.com/2025/10/why-...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Een echte internationale organisatie zou niet zelf kunnen besluiten om te verhuizen. Een echte IO zou zulke dreigementen niet mogen uiten.

A real international organisation would not be able to decide by itself to relocate. A real IO should not be allowed to make such threats.

nos.nl/l/2584201
Nederland draait geldkraan dicht van prestigieus maar omstreden klimaatcentrum
Acht jaar geleden haalde Nederland het centrum nog met veel bombarie hierheen. Nu de Nederlandse financiering wegvalt, dreigt de directeur met een vertrek.
nos.nl
September 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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🌍 Inaugural Talk – Dr. Lauri Peterson 🎓
🗣️ “A Symphony of Efforts: Voluntary Climate Initiatives and Subnational Climate Action”
📅 Tue, 16 Sept 2025 | 🕐 13:00–14:00 EEST
💻 Online (Zoom link via registration)
🔗 Register: lnkd.in/dHN8G_vW
More info: www.achieveproject.eu/news/inaugur...
September 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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🚨 New Report!
Fixing the Broken Governance Chain
Aligning Private Finance with the Paris Agreement 🌍💰
This report explores how FIs, coalitions & regulators can work together with real-world climate goals.
Read the full report: www.achieveproject.eu/publications...

#netzero #voluntaryclimateaction
September 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Beyond Nature‐based Solutions: The case for Integrated Nature‐Climate Action. New paper w. Hollie Folkard‐Tapp - Journal of Applied Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Beyond Nature‐based Solutions: The case for Integrated Nature‐Climate Action
Moving beyond NbS to pursue an inclusive INCA concept can help address the systemic drivers of the global polycrisis. With synergies between the Rio Conventions expected to be a key focus of the upco...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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🌍 Stay tuned for ACHIEVE at #ECPR2025 in Thessaloniki! 🇬🇷
We're joining two key panels on Achieving Higher Accountability, Credibility and Integrity in Voluntary Climate Action & Governance and Policies to Strengthen Voluntary Climate Action.
#Sustainability #voluntaryclimateaction #highintegrity
August 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🌍 On 2 July 2025, the EU will propose its 2040 climate target—potentially using international carbon credits under Article 6.

Our new #PolicyBrief outlines key conditions to ensure any such use strengthens, not weakens, EU climate action.
Read more: www.achieveproject.eu/publications...
July 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
At #SB62 in Bonn, I shared 5 lessons from 10+ years of research on nonstate & subnational climate action:

Don’t let cooperation peak & fade
Tackle structural imbalances
Share decision-making power
Nature-based action = inclusion
Deliver on ambition
#ClimateAction #GST
@achieveproject.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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⏰ 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐎𝐧: 𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬!
📍 𝐅𝐫𝐢 𝟐𝟕 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟏:𝟑𝟎 𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓
Cities and Citizens Partnering for Climate Action: share best practices, connect cities & actors, and spotlight what works.
Register here: www.achieveproject.eu/news/worksho...
#publicengagement
June 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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🌍 Nature-based climate action = key to solving the climate, biodiversity & justice crises.
Join us at #SB62:
Scaling High-Integrity Nature-Based Climate Action
📅 Sat 21 June | 🕥 10:30–11:45 CEST
📍 Kaminzimmer, WCCB, Bonn
#NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateAction #COP30 #ACHIEVEproject #HighIntegrity
June 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM