Second thread of the day on today at COP- it was a long day with lots of sessions and I can’t pretend to have absorbed all the details of the negotiations but I can hopefully give a flavour #COP26 #EdinUniCOP26 1/n
As a starter for 10, @CarbonBrief give a great explainer of the major negotiating blocs 2/n here carbonbrief.org/interactive-wh… and here carbonbrief.org/interactive-th…
The U.K. presidency released the draft agreement text(s) at around 550am this morning which you can find here 3/n unfccc.int/sites/default/… and unfccc.int/sites/default/…
Immediate reactions to the text were numerous 4/n newscientist.com/article/229690… and that notable mention of phasing out fossil fuels businessgreen.com/news/4040050/c…
I’m told, extraordinarily, this is the first time that ending fossil fuels or using nature based solutions as a key contributor to ending climate change, have been mentioned in a UNFCCC text. Let’s hope therefore that they remain 5/n
Naturally, financing is going to be key- and rightly so given that climate change is a fairness and justice issue 6/n theguardian.com/environment/20…
Just as I was leaving the conference for the day, news came through of a surprising but exciting development- new joint working between the US and China - not even those normally in the know seem to have been expecting this 7/n state.gov/u-s-china-join…
Snap analysis here 8/n theguardian.com/environment/20… and here
https://mobile.twitter.com/SimonLLewis/status/1458507874649448452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1458507874649448452%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2Flive%2F2021%2Fnov%2F10%2Fcop26-live-news-reaction-to-draft-agreement-as-conference-focuses-on-transport
Not COP related but England and Wales also got their first new environment act in 25 years- not perfect but a lot to welcome. 9/n bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
And our own Edinburgh students have been producing some great blogs on COP which you can read here 10/n blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability…
And finally- one of the most important questions of the day was settled. What does Congresswoman @AOC think of @IrnBrutime ? Fortunately, she loves it ( phew). In fact it’s like Latina soda Kola Champagne apparently theguardian.com/environment/20…
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