Amplifying the Movement for a Just Transition: Looking Back at the 2024 Ksapa Annual Event

Ksapa | December 2024

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EDITORIAL

Let's end 2024 on a positive note, offering concrete solutions.

Plastic pollution is a global crisis. Oceans already hold 199 million tons, with 10 million added yearly. Only 9% of plastics are recycled. Most pollute ecosystems, remain in landfills or are consumed by us. Despite the urgency, the INC-5 talks on a global plastics treaty failed. Nations like India face tough choices—balancing petrochemical growth with affordable, sustainable alternatives.

This challenge mirrors climate negotiations. The science is clear, but agreements falter without inclusive plans. A clear, financed, and appealing transition pathway is missing. This fuels resistance, frustration, and misalignment among stakeholders.

We work to change that.

Our focus is on finding inclusive solutions that balance ambition with practicality. Our spectrum of solutions, deployed with companies and investors, in cooperation with international agencies, governments and a multidisciplinary ecosystem, enables us to provide:

Advisory services: Align stakeholders, integrate human rights, and design transformative, inclusive environmental solutions.
Activation and investment services: Deploy cost-effective programs using digital tools. Secure funding to scale solutions across industries and value chains.
Advocacy: Connect stakeholders to share perspectives, foster collaboration, and build mutual support.

Together, we can accelerate change. Tackling plastic pollution or climate change requires innovation, collaboration, and a shared vision. We’re here to drive scalable solutions that ensure a just transition for people and the planet. Let’s work together for a cleaner, more sustainable future.

Farid Baddache, CEO

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Amplifying the Movement for a Just Transition: Looking Back at the 2024 Ksapa Annual Event

The 2024 Ksapa Annual Event marked a significant milestone in the organization’s mission to accelerate the global movement for a just transition. Held in the heart of Paris, this exceptional event brought together some of our experts, partners, and clients for an evening rich with strategic discussions, inspiring moments, and captivating music. It provided an opportunity to reflect on Ksapa’s first five years of activities since its inception in 2019. Attendees highlighted Ksapa’s role as a catalyst and facilitator of ambitious societal transformations, underscoring the organization’s genuine intentionality by sharing their experiences of working with Ksapa. In this blog, we revisit the key moments from this memorable evening, looking back at the insights from the discussions, a celebration of Ksapa’s mission, and critical lessons for advancing the movement for a just transition over the next five years.

In the Blur of COP 29 – A Useful Roadmap for Effective Climate Action Despite Contradictory Injunctions

The recent OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investment 2024 highlighted how despite insufficient leadership expected at COP 29, more clarity would be required to help investors and corporations advance their climate journey. OECD released very useful guidance during COP 29. Building-off of the Environment Chapter of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct, the OECD released a policy paper on “Responsible Business Conduct for Climate Action: Strengthening the contribution of business to climate goals.” The document guides businesses and investors in navigating multiple, and sometimes conflicting, expectations on how to address the climate crisis. Here’s an overview.

Resolving the Financing of Climate Transitions: What About Involving Beneficiaries?

The realm of international climate finance, particularly as it evolved during COP 29, remains riddled with systemic challenges, stuck making poor progress on financing climate transitions since COP 21. Despite ambitious goals set under the Paris Agreement and beyond, the mechanisms to mobilize and allocate funds equitably and effectively are fraught with mismanagement, inconsistencies, and lack of transparency. This issue is critical as developing nations, often on the front lines of climate impacts, rely on financial support to adapt, mitigate risks, and transition to low-carbon economies. This article explores reasons underpinning the inefficiencies of international climate finance, structured around key thematic sections: systemic shortcomings, accountability challenges, and potential solutions for reform.

What Credibility Can Be Given to Biodiversity Credits?

At COP 16 in Cali, Colombia, the issue of “biodiversity credits” was central to discussions on biodiversity preservation. Inspired by carbon credits, these financial instruments aim to incentivize beneficial actions for ecosystems by rewarding positive initiatives for nature. However, their relevance is debated: some see them as a necessary solution to biodiversity collapse, while others view them as a false solution, prone to similar abuses observed with carbon credits. An advisory committee, the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB), presented a roadmap to guide their use, yet this approach faces strong opposition from numerous civil society and environmental organizations. More in this article.

Please contact us. Share your ideas. All together, let us help create more resilient and inclusive societies.

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