.@harjeet11: We as civil society are fearing that the #GlasgowDialogue will hang on and will not result in an outcome. Developing countries having been demanding for finance for #lossanddamage for about 30 years
.@TracyCarty@oxfamgb: There is currently no global agreement to finance #LossandDamage and we cannot continue to ignore the harm caused, to let the poorest countries and communities foot the bill for a crisis that they've contributed least to.
Jacquiline Masso @can_africa Coordinator: This year we are seeing flooding and droughts in Africa - two challenges that we need #SB56 to create a roadmap. We need the #G77 to keep standing in solidarity with the people and put the #LossandDamage finance facility in place
Jacquiline Masso @CAN_Africa Coordinator: We want to call on the African Group of Negotiators @AGNChairUNFCCC the #G77 and China to stand in solidarity with the people; and call out the blockers like Switzerland - we're not pleased. The climate crisis has no boundaries. #SB56
.@HaNeENsHaHiN@CANArabWorld1: Civil society must be attending #SB56 - people need to know more about what's happening in these closed rooms, people need to be talking about climate change - hear our voices, translate every word and include people in what is happening.
.@HaNeENsHaHiN@CANArabWorld1: It's very important for the people to be attending COPs and SBs. @IYCM said 40% of accredited youth didn't receive visas. What will happen in Egypt at #COP27? So far, it's been very disappointing not hearing those souls #SB56#BonnClimateConference
.@harjeet11: There is an excuse that we don't have sufficient details on how the #LossandDamage Finance Facility would look like. We as civil society brought this paper at #SB56 to provide a basis for negotiators on how the LDFF could be operationalised: climatenetwork.org/LDFF-paper
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As #COP29 nears its end, a packed CAN press conference heard how civil society is holding the line.
The stakes? Survival, justice, and humanity’s future.
Here’s why we’re fighting till the last hour. 🧵
2/ @lnacpil APMDD:
“We can’t understand how rich countries call themselves climate champions yet refuse to put a climate finance goal on the table. We are not going to accept a bad deal - it's preferable to fight for another deal than to be locked into a very bad deal..."
3/ "...we challenge the Global South to stand firm and hold the line. We have just hours left, but it's not a foregone conclusion.
🧵1/ 🌎 The #G77’s rejection of the climate finance text at #COP29 is a *make-or-break* moment that gives us an opportunity to push for a #ClimateFinance goal that’s truly fair and equitable.
Because when 80% of the world says "not enough," it’s time to listen. 👇
2/ Rebecca Thissen, Global 🌍Advocacy Lead at @CANIntl, said it straight: “The #NCQG (New Collective Quantified Goal) is *the* defining issue of COP29. It will shape the future of the Paris Agreement.”
And we can't kick this off with an unbalanced, inequitable deal. 💥
3/ 🌐 The G77 are making it clear that the text *misses critical needs.* They’re calling for $1.3 trillion of dollars per year – real, grant-based finance – to help the Global South cope with the climate crisis. Not loans. Not debt. Trillions. 💸
⚡ BREAKING: A record breaking number of fossil fuel lobbyists are at #COP28.
At least 2400 lobbyists are in Dubai to promote fossil fuels — almost a 400% increase from last year.
🧵thread below, which puts this shocking number into perspective:
@UNFCCC @UN @COP28_UAE @simonstiell Some facts about #COP28:
➡️ There are more fossil fuel lobbyists than delegates from the 10 most climate-vulnerable countries combined.
➡️ There are more than seven times the number of fossil fuel lobbyists than official Indigenous representatives.
#KickBigPollutersOut
@UNFCCC @UN @COP28_UAE @simonstiell You don’t bring arsonists to a firefighting convention — or the climate talks, for that matter — but that’s precisely what is happening here at #COP28.
Big Polluter interference in climate negotiations is costing millions of people their homes, livelihoods & lives.
.#COP27 will end in hours/days🤔and the new cover text draft did reduce in length.
BUT what we cannot accept is the continued exclusion of priorities of vulnerable countries and the backsliding on the Glasgow Pact - this process must always be moving us forward!
CAN’s reaction⬇️
2/9 The #COP27 Cover Decision must include language on the equitable phase-out of ALL fossil fuels - coal, oil, AND gas.
A huge number of countries demanded this and the Egyptian Presidency must stop ignoring it.
3/9 Parties must avoid using qualifiers and loopholes such as “(un)abated”, “rationalize”, “inefficient”, “low carbon”, and “diversification of energy” which weaken commitments to the phasing-out of #FossilFuels and fossil fuel subsidies in the cover decision.