So it’s day 11 of COP26 and time for a penultimate thread on a day themed as cities, and sub-national government action but in reality a day when attention and headlines were dominated by the ongoing negotiations 1/n
Cities action and regional action is vital of course but the announcements I spotted were somewhat understated 2/n here gov.uk/government/new… and here businessgreen.com/news/4040078/c…
There was an announcement of more climate finance from the Scottish Government 3/n gov.scot/news/scotland-…
As well as a few business announcements 4/n here businessgreen.com/news/4040118/m… Here ukgbc.org/ukgbc-work/net… and more here businessgreen.com/news/4040110/c…
Reflections on the credibility of company pledges from the FT 5/n here ft.com/content/d91b59… which is why the UN Secretary General’s group is important I’d say bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Lots of excitement over that new alliance I mentioned yesterday to phase out fossil fuels -pictures suggest today’s launch was mobbed and a lot of people are excited 6/n businessgreen.com/news-analysis/… and politico.eu/article/cop26-… and
https://mobile.twitter.com/bwebster135/status/1458777975806210052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1458777975806210052%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitelabel-test-123.scribblelive.com%2FEvent%2FLive_Blog_Thursday_1011_-_cities_and_built_environment_day
Yet more analysis of the pledges suggested some modest closing the emissions gap to keep on track for 1.5 degrees 7/n climateactiontracker.org/documents/1002…
An important announcement from my own University on ‘green chemistry and carbon’ as well as progress with Scottish/U.K. tidal energy 8/n here eng.ed.ac.uk/about/news/202…£9m-synhisel-project-could-save-co2-emissions-and-energy-costs-worldwide and here businessgreen.com/news/4040061/p…
Two texts did emerge from the COP process early yesterday 9/n here unfccc.int/sites/default/… and here unfccc.int/sites/default/… - of course by the time I post them much will have changed
Reaction to those texts was swift to follow as well reaction to the surprise US-China declaration 10/n businessgreen.com/blog-post/4040… and businessgreen.com/news/4040122/c… and ft.com/content/52782a… for example- and much scathing comment from NGOs and developing countries and small island states
Some good news was Spain joining the pledge not to fund fossil fuels internationally 11/n
https://twitter.com/johnmurton/status/1458399808524259328
If you did need reminded on who has historically emitted the most carbon and why climate change is a fairness and justice issue then this excellent briefing from @CarbonBrief is worth reading 12/n carbonbrief.org/analysis-which…
More reaction through the day on the emerging texts 13/n ft.com/content/783356… and here businessgreen.com/news/4040170/c… and here bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
@DrSimEvans gives us the detail on where we are (or were- as if 7 hours ago) 14/n
https://twitter.com/DrSimEvans/status/1458830285626351620
And @CarbonBrief nicely summarises what it all means for pledges, emissions and temperature rises 15/n carbonbrief.org/analysis-do-co…
@MajorOfLondon made headlines on urban/cities themed day but the new chair of the C40 group of major cities and climate surely makes a good point 16/n theguardian.com/environment/20… - at the very least we need to support city leaders to respond
The UN Secretary General @antonioguterres was surely right to call for the end of fossil fuel subsidies 17/n theguardian.com/environment/li…
We also now know who will be hosting the next two COPs 18/n
https://twitter.com/jennytollmann/status/1458863830524743686
The ‘friends of the President’ have some fairly direct criticisms of the current text 19/n
https://twitter.com/katehamptongray/status/1458860166212894720
So, that’s it for now- no doubt the negotiators will work through the night with a new cover text expected tomorrow. I don’t think anyone expects the conference to finish on time 20/n
Others are far more expert on the negotiations but it seems to me a reasonable chance for commitments on 1.5 degrees, transparency, new rules for markets ( Article 6), common reporting periods and more regular updating- but only if developing countries receive more funding 21/n
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