Thread by @duycks

📌#COP27 is over. So much happened over past 3 weeks at & around the COP…
👀Time to look back / to look forward
Here is a thread of threads to review the good, the bad & the ugly in relation to key aspects of COP27, by some of the most astute observers of the process
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2/ Before delving in specific policy developments, one must take a step back & remember stakes and expectations from the broader community, esp. after decades of procrastination by decision makers.
Luckily @vanessa_vash set the context right before #COP27

https://twitter.com/vanessa_vash/status/1587865396622884866

3/ 2022 was also a year of big scientific reports that were expected to remind us all of desperate urgency to take rapid action against root causes of climate emergency as well as to deal with existing impacts.
@KHayhoe has a great pool metaphor for you

https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1586786792065454085

4/ So did #COP27 achieve anything? Let’s start with the breakthrough on #LossAndDamage: governments agreed to establish a financial mechanism to channel funds to those most impacted, as explained brilliantly by @LossAndDamage here:

https://twitter.com/LossandDamage/status/1594188986100355072

5/ Now, if you want to understand more about the politics behind this and why the outcome constitutes a real testimony of the strength of G77 unity, I invite you to turn to @n_thanki no BS analysis of these developments

https://twitter.com/n_thanki/status/1593501584406839299

6/ Countries also made progress to strengthen the delivery of guidance to deal with ongoing climate-related #LossAndDamage through the “Santiago Network on Loss and Damage” which is now mandated to take into account human rights in its work

https://twitter.com/lienvandamme/status/1592883218344464386

7/ But as the representative from Bangladesh said during a plenary: no matter how strong institutions established to deal with climate-related #LossAndDamage are, there wont be any prospect for #ClimateJustice if governments continue to accelerate the crisis at the same time

8/ Hence the need to review whether #COP27 moved needle towards tackling effectively primary cause of climate harms: fossil fuels related emissions. While COP failed to recognize this need explicitly, @CatAbreu stresses momentum building

https://twitter.com/catabreu_/status/1594192870327844864

9/ But COP also saw corporate lobbyists & their governmental sponsors work to promote
false solutions (geoengineering, carbon trading) to keep the #FossilFuels industry on life support, esp. with loopholes planted in various negotiating texts. My analysis:

https://twitter.com/duycks/status/1593955587012059136

10/ in particular, CCS was all over the place at #COP27 as governments & companies tried to expand this smoke screen to cover up for the lack of actual action to reduce emissions.
@KetanJ0 has a massive thread for you if you want more:

https://twitter.com/KetanJ0/status/1593468586437255168

11/ Never before had #HumanRights been so present at a climate COP. Wide networks grounded their demands on #ClimateJustice & human rights. Many #COP27 participants faced an intolerable level of intimidation & harassment

https://twitter.com/EarthRightsIntl/status/1594826229588402198

12/ so many other analysis and threads deserve attention and this thread of threads is clearly not comprehensive. Please share in comments to this post the threads that you find most informative about the #COP27 and its outcomes...