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#COP26: Informal stocktaking plenary by COP26 President twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

#COP26 President Alok Sharma convenes the plenary on Saturday, November 13, to give updates on negotiations at the UN Climate Change Summit.

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Sharma: This is the moment of truth for our planet, for our children and grandchildren. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo Sharma: I completely understand that parties sometimes have different priorities, but we all have to ultimately sign up to the same agreement. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo Sharma: Taken together, these latest iterations represent the comprehensive ambitions and balanced set of outcomes that you collectively called for in yesterday's plenary and the intense discussions that ran into the early hours of this morning. | via @piaranada

@jeegeronimo @piaranada Sharma: Today’s text reflects the compromise reached through the effort, collaboration, and civil discourse of all of of you. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Sharma: Please do not ask yourself what more you can seek but ask instead what is enough, is this package balanced, does this provide enough for all of us? | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Sharma: We will succeed or fail as one. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Sharma says UK government (COP26 presidency) wishes to end #COP26 this afternoon.

Expresses confidence that the latest iteration of COP26 decisions are 'leaving no issue and no party behind.' | @piaranada

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Sharma proposes to adjourn the informal plenary and reconvene later. He reminds parties that want to intervene that the time for general statements is over. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Guinea, speaking on behalf of G77 and China: The group expresses its disappointment with paragraph 73 and 74 on the dialogue related to the loss and damage – this is very far from the concrete call for a loss and damage facility. | via @jeegeronimo

@jeegeronimo @piaranada Guinea: In the spirit of compromise, we’ll be able to live with this paragraph as in the understanding that it does not reflect nor prejudge the unequivocal outcome that we seek for loss and damage to reach the most vulnerable. | @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Guinea: On finance, a COP without a concrete outcome on finance cannot be deemed a success. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada China says it believes there should be “edits in small ways” to the text. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada United Republic of Tanzania says two words missing in text: We called for inclusion of systematic observation. The need for supporting systematic observation is critical for informing early warning, early action, & therefore reducing loss of life, loss and damage. | @jeegeronimo

@jeegeronimo @piaranada India says “consensus remains elusive,” and that there is “still a lack of balance in the text." | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada EU's chief COP26 negotiator Frans Timmermans: I wonder if we’re not at risk of stumbling in this marathon a couple of meters before reaching the finish line. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada EU: For heaven’s sake, don’t kill this moment by asking for more different text, deleting this, deleting that. Everyone’s been heard by the presidency for the last couple of months. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada EU: I implore you, please embrace this text so that we can bring hope to the hearts of our children and grandchildren. They’re waiting for us, they will not forgive us if we fail them today. | @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada LOOK: Activists stage small protest outside plenary where negotiators are making statements about the latest draft of #COP26 decisions.

Developing countries in plenary expressed disappointment over the non-mention of a loss and damage financial facility. | via @piaranada

@jeegeronimo @piaranada Norway asks everyone to “look at the big picture of what we do have." | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada WATCH: Harjeet Singh of Climate Action Network International says a concrete financing plan for loss and damage is sorely needed by countries like India, Philippines which already experience extreme weather events. | via @piaranada #COP26

@jeegeronimo @piaranada Marshall Islands: Are we ready to leave this COP without an outcome after all the efforts that have been made to hold it in the midst of a pandemic? | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Marshall Islands: Can we go back to our home islands, to our communities with nothing? | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Marshall Islands: For my country, the answer to that is no. I am not willing to leave her with nothing. We have the text in front of us, it does not have everything that everyone wants, but it has extremely important elements that do serve the planet. | via @jeegeronimo

@jeegeronimo @piaranada Marshall Islands: It is not perfect, it is not without fault, we have much work to do, but it does represent real progress, and that is what we need in this moment. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Marshall Islands: We cannot afford no progress. There is work to do in loss and damage, and we commit focusing on this over the coming year. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada US climate envoy John Kerry: You can’t let perfect be the enemy of the good, and this is good. This is a powerful statement. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Kerry: We are poised to make a remarkable step here to reflect the best outcome possible on the Paris Agreement itself, on the rulebook, on things like common timeframes, NDCs. | via @jeegeronimo

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@jeegeronimo @piaranada Kerry: This potential agreement w/c we’re poised to accept and make real is a very important step in the right direction. | via @jeegeronimo

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