Thread by @LossandDamage

1/21.📜 It’s day ten of #COP27 and here is your #LossAndDamage focused thread for today. Today was a massive day for the #SantiagoNetwork for #LossAndDamage and continues to see crucial developments in the negotiations on #LossAndDamage finance.🧵

2/21. This afternoon an informal consultation on the #SantiagoNetwork for #LossAndDamage followed an informal informal with Parties only during which Parties huddled in breakout groups to work on outstanding issues yet to be resolved in the text.

3/21. At the start of the informal consultation- which was open to observers - breakout groups reported back on progress and proposed changes to the text. Parties also added some additional aspects to the text.

4/21. One outstanding issue remained which was whether or not the @UNFCCC would be recalled in the text. There was clear tension in the room on the way forward even though the G77 and China reflected on the level of convergence.

5/21. Parties then went into a huddle for half an hour after which they erupted into applause as the G77 and China reported to the co-facilitators that they a clean text and that they looked forward to the full operationalisation of the #SantiagoNetwork.

6/21. We are very happy with this outcome and look forward to the full operationalisation of the #SantiagoNetwork. However, we note with concern, that very little finance has been committed thus far. Therefore we urge more developed countries to step up and provide finance!

7/21. We would also like to thank everyone who made this decision a reality including the many negotiators from both developing and developed countries. We would like to send a special note of gratitude to @VicentePaoloYu for his amazing work leading the G77 and China.

8/21. We are grateful to those who engaged with the #SantiagoNetwork project under @LossandDamage including the project’s fearless leader @HeidiMareeWhite and its consummate champion @ColinMcQuistan as well as @nhyacinthe791, @lienvandamme, @kateraffety, and many others.

9/21. Also afternoon the ministerial consultations on funding for #LossAndDamage continued with a closed meeting with ministers and heads of delegation. The co-facilitators had asked Parties and groups to come prepared to answer three questions.

10/21. These Questions are:

1⃣How could support be immediately mobilised, and how could it be transparently channelled?

2⃣Can you elaborate on a mosaic/ecosystem approach and what could be operational by #COP28? How would a dedicated fund under the @UNFCCC fit into it?

11/21. 3⃣What are the benefits and the concerns with establishing a fund in principle here at #COP27?

The meeting was closed but we understand the co-facilitators asked Parties and groups to share bridging proposals with each other to find common ground.

12/21. Developing countries stay strong in their call for an "operating entity" to be established under the Financial Mechanism of the @UNFCCC to address #LossAndDamage at #COP27. They are united, and are calling for civil society to stand with them in support of their demands.

13/21. Parties have collectively acknowledged the urgency and the need to fill the gaps and we look forward to the continued ambition from the #SantiagoNetwork carrying over to the establishment of an "operating entity" to address #LossAndDamage here at #COP27 in #SharmElSheikh.

14/21. This evening @UUSC, @NRC_Norway, @DDisplacement, @RLS_Klima, @UNmigration, @LocomotionH2020, and the Arab Network for Environment and Development held a side event on “#HumanMobility, #DisasterDisplacement and #LossAndDamage”.

15/21. Speakers included @saberhc of the Government of #Bangladesh who made it clear that the @LDCChairUNFCCC and the G77 and China are still united in their call for an operating entity to address #LossAndDamage.

16/21. @saberhc said: “we want a facility or fund to be announced during #COP27. Some countries want to make the announcement in 2024, but we feel this will be kicking the can down the road. We have to act now.”

17/21. @harjeet11 of @CANIntl also stressed that the G77 and China are holding fast in their demand for finance to address #LossAndDamage. “This COP is unprecedented, we have seen unity with developing countries since day one. They are solid, and we need to support that unity.”

18/21. Whilst @samahhadid of @NRC_MiddleEast put the urgent need to act on #LossAndDamage into perspective: “We have been hearing that time is running out for this COP, but the reality is that time is running out for communities that are on their knees because of #ClimateChange.”

19/21. Tonight and tomorrow are crucial moments in the negotiations on #LossAndDamage finance. Developing country Parties need civil society to continue to push for the establishment of an operating entity (be it a fund or a facility) to address #LossAndDamage at #COP27.

20/21. We must unite behind their unity and push back against the blocking tactics that have been used to delay #LossAndDamage finance for the last 30 years. Because without addressing #LossAndDamage there can be no #ClimateJustice!

21/21. 📜Find out more about #LossAndDamage at #COP27 below:

🚨Live doc with the latest on L&D: docs.google.com/document/d/1Q9…

📸#LossAndDamage cheat sheet for journalists: docs.google.com/document/d/1aO…

🧑‍🎓And learn more about #LossAndDamage here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/whatislossandd…