#COP28 update 1450 GST 10 Dec ➡️Al Jaber said last night he planned to close the summit at 1100 on 12 Dec 🚦Status of key agenda items (pic) shows that's never gonna happen – still no text in some areas! ➡️Check our text tracker for the details carbonbrief.org/interactive-tr…

Snippets from an interesting discussion at our Adaptation Knowledge Lab session at #COP28 with SouthSouthNorth and Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) 👇🏽

This cannot be the final #GlobalStocktake text. Simple. #COP28

A few bits from the latest text for global goal on adaptation at #COP28 ... Removed option for text on equity & "common but differentiated responsibility" - something lots of developed countries say is vital for them. Instead, some weaker language "recalling" these principles

#COP28 update 2000 GST 12 Dec We're still waiting for the next (final? penultimate?) drafts of key texts on the stocktake (inc fossil fuels), adaptation, just transition, carbon mkts etc We do at least now have text on all items! Here's the latest: carbonbrief.org/interactive-tr…

Here are my thoughts on the latest #COP28 text. On fossil fuels: For the first time in three decades of climate negotiations the words fossil fuels have made it into a COP outcome. We are finally naming the elephant in the room. The genie is never going back into the bottle &

🧵Some reflections on the just agreed GST text at #COP28. 1. The text is clearly a compromise text. Everyone can claim a win. There’s something for every delegation to take back home. The presidency has in this sense delivered on the spirit of a consensus-based UN process.

Here it is... Carbon Brief's EPIC one-stop-shop summary of COP28's key outcome. Just an *incredible* effort by my colleagues to get this article published so fast after the gavel came down in Dubai. Easy to navigate and digest, but almost 20,000 words of detailed explanation

"The only moral thing Palestinian civilians can do apparently is to die. The only legal thing the rest of us can do is to watch them die. And be silent. If not, we risk our scholarships, grants, lecture fees & livelihoods." Arundhati Roy, as candid as ever frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/ind…

Why the COP28 climate summit mattered, and what to watch for in 2024 theconversation.com/why-the-cop28-… via The Conversation U.S.

Against a backdrop of conflict, climate change and economic uncertainty, these leading global risks are stretching the world’s capacity to adapt. Read our Global Risks Report 2024, published with Marsh McLennan and Zurich Insurance, to learn more: weforum.org/publications/g… #wef24 #risks24

Superb deep-dive into European farmer protests by Carbon Brief... no single reason for anger - in some cases farmers want more #climate adaptation $$, in others concerns over EU trade deals + fuel subsidies carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-d…

The CIJ_ICJ has an unprecedented 3 requests for Advisory Opinions pending. But what is an Advisory Opinion and (why) do they matter? Molly Quell decided to find out on our behalf. She has you covered. asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/justi…

⚡️⚖️a few snapshots from the landmark #ClimateJustice decision delivered today by the 🇪🇺European Court of Human Rights in Klimaseniorinnen v. 🇨🇭Switzerland 🧵a short thread focusing on the scope of substantive obligations of States...⬇️

.Pratap Bhanu Mehta: Open Q whether new political configuration allows for a policy consensus that can create the conditions for national regeneration. "But for now, this is a moment to savour the sweet elixir of freedom that greater political competition brings" indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Outstanding breakdown of #LokSabhaPolls2024 by The Hindu Data team (here’s what you’re missing out on if you haven’t subscribed to the e-paper epaper.thehindu.com)

At the heart of the #SB60 climate talks in Bonn is a big document that everyone hopes will form the basis for a new goal on climate finance. Right now it's a mess because it's full of countries' divergent views on what that will look like. Quick 🧵 on some of those views...

80 years after the first Bretton Woods conference, the world has changed beyond recognition... but our global financial system has not caught up. New Devex piece from me, Bretton Woods Proj | bsky @brettonwoodsproject.org’s Jon Sward & Lara Merling #BrettonWoods80 #SDRs ActionAid USA 1/8 bit.ly/4cTwfKi

The new climate finance target is the big issue that will define #COP29 Government ministers are arriving to thrash out everything from the amount of money raised to who contributes towards it So as the second week begins, where are we with the climate finance negotiating text?

🔥⚖️🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳🧑‍⚖️ CIJ_ICJ International Court of Justice - this ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability 📝🧵Live thread below with context, summary and analysis 👇 #ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo