Contraction and Convergence Endorsements

After 21 years of effort to establish the C&C principle, it is now widely recognized as 'an over-arching principle' for 'Climate Governance' and UNFCCC-compliance.

Some compilations reflecting the provenance of and extensive support for this are here: -

Support from

Ban Ki Moon & UN Agencies . . . . . . . The Vatican & Multifaith Agencies

Support from

BMJ & Medical Actors Agencies . . . . Ideologically diverse Politicians

Here are the three GCI Archives and extensive 'endorsements' and awards below reflect that support for this record.

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The 'endorsements-page' is split-up by category into separate pages. This reports both the volume and the diversity of attention C&C now receives. This is evidence, perhaps supporting claims, that C&C is now the most widely cited and arguably the most widely and diversely supported model in the UN negotiations on climate change and the debates these have given rise to.

Pages are arranged with [and can be visited at] the category headings below.
There is some overlapping and these headings will become more diverse.

If you explore what's there, return here by clicking endorsements on the left. Site search to see if your C&C-related campaign or publication is already listed. If it isn't and you'd like that, please make contact and let GCI know.

UN Bodies	UK Climate Act	Institutions	Medics	Religious
Population	Ethics	Equity/Fairness	Sustainability	Sceptics
Campaigns	Individuals	Academia	Capital/Socialist	Law
Economics	Politics	Justice Eco-Debt	Publications	All
Organisations on C&C	Individuals on C&Cs	Individuals on GCI	Collected	Cartoons

According to Chris Rose, ex Campaigns Director for Greenpeace,
10 factors have made it hard to campaign effectively ‘on climate’.

Scientists defined the issue;
Governments ran off with it;
NGOs adopted secondary roles;
The issue had no public;
The media were left to define the issue in visual terms;
Governments soft pedalled on the issue;
Scientists led calls for education of the public;
Many NGOs tried to make the UNFCCC ‘work’;
Others tried to connect it with “bigger issues”;
There was no common proposition.

He writes,

"only Aubrey Meyer father of ‘contraction and convergence’, managed to penetrate this remote citadel.
NGOs could prioritise climate change but they were stuck in someone else’s game."

Why Campaigning on Climate is Difficult: Chris Rose

NGOs were 'stuck in someone else's game'?
Chris could be right about that, and its noteworthy that it is him saying that.

However, the comment about C&C really says this : -

Once the need for UNFCCC-compliance is seen everything becomes clear. It is obviously a 'shot-gun wedding' where 'climate-change' is the father with a loaded gun and a stop-watch. So C&C is obviously the only conceivable resolution, or 'common wedded-position'.

In organising the ‘GOAL FOCUS’ needed for UNFCCC-COMPLIANCE,
C&C ‘tunes’ IDEOLOGICAL NOISE to its TELEOLOGICAL SIGNAL.
From Ideology to Teleology for UNFCCC-compliance

Summary some C&C support from government, institutional and individual sources [2008]
Collected C&C support from government, institutional and individual sources [2008]
Special C&C support from institutional and individual sources [2008]
Organisations some C&C support [2002]
Individuals some C&C support [2002]
Individuals some GCI support [2002]
Collected C&C resources and support from government, institutional and individual sources [2008]
Special GCI C&Csupport [2003]