Thread by @tjayaraman

Excellent review of #COP26. Sees through the illusion of US as climate leader. Very understanding of India's position. An excellent,nuanced, parsing of the coal para in the decision and the goings on of the plenary.

https://twitter.com/CarbonBrief/status/1467046014192345092

Highlights India's role, close to my own personal reading.

https://twitter.com/tjayaraman/status/1462747810571321346?t=wJLkSVvgQ_UTQcUkad2CYA&s=19

Notes the importance of PM Modi's early announcements and the eloquent articulation of India's Env Minister @byadavbjp at the closing plenary of the equity dimension and why developing countries still need fossil fuels.

In the section "India: moving centre stage" she notes: "However, it was India who “stole the show” in Glasgow, bookending the Conference with spectacular interventions at its start and close; not so much in terms of oratory, but more in terms of concrete outcomes. "

Calls out the EU for eloquent grandstanding without offering much of substance. Notes also the problems of finance. My only disagreement is her evoking of "Ministry for the Future", 😀, but I am not going to quarrel over that one.

Thanks to @JoannaDepledge for an understanding of #COP26 rare to find in Western academia. A must read indeed. @bforboseman @JMauskar @nit_set @3rdworldnetwork @KanitkarT @moefcc @AGNChairUNFCCC @KevinClimate @Peters_Glen @doreenstabinsky @meenaraman3 @n_thanki @chilledasad100

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