COP26 President Alok Sharma cites three outstanding issues that the Glasgow outcome aims to solve:
Common timeframes, the enhanced transparency framework, and Article 6 #cop26
to meet again this afternoon for final closing plenary after a short adjournment to finalise the remaining text. "we do want to conclude this COP this afternoon," says #cop26 president Alok Sharma.
Nov 12, 2021 ā¢ 4 tweets ā¢ 2 min read
JUST IN: Singapore signs #cop26 anti deforestation pledge
I wondered why Singapore was not among signatories when I wrote the first story on Nov 2 at #cop26. Posed this question to the authorities, and glad to see Singapore doing so now. More in this story:
Itās Friday! Will those at #cop26 have to change their plans for onward travel? As we wait for answers, hereās a thread on key issues at the conference, what they mean and why theyāre important.
@mel_yseali wrote a great piece for our Science Talk section in @straits_times on why this is important. This was written before COP but still shaping up to be a rather tetchy issueā¦
Egypt will host #cop27
Egyptian Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad says at #cop26 that COP27 will be an African COP. āWe hope that we can make a breakthrough on priority areasā¦ such as climate finance, adaptation, loss and damage to go along with the progress on mitigation effortsā¦ā
Aug 9, 2021 ā¢ 11 tweets ā¢ 5 min read
What does the latest @IPCC_CH means for Singapore?
TL;DR? The report examines how global climate will change w the amt of heat-trapping emissions in the atmosphere. But diff places experience impacts differently.
Singapore is keeping an eye out for a # of indicators that affect lives and infra here.
1) HEAT. We all know itās alr hot; and warming here (1.8 deg C) is alr higher than global average (1.1 deg C) coz of urbanisation. And the @MetServiceSG says itās likely to get worse.
