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Faten Aggad
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Snr Advisor Climate Diplomacy & Geopolitics @AfricanClimateF. Pan-Africanist. Former Advisor @_AfricanUnion. Usual caveats.
Dec 13, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
🧵Some reflections on the just agreed GST text at #COP28.
1. The text is clearly a compromise text. Everyone can claim a win. There’s something for every delegation to take back home. The presidency has in this sense delivered on the spirit of a consensus-based UN process. 2. The historic reference to fossil fuels in the text. Countries committed to “transitioning away from fossil fuels” in a “just, orderly and equitable manner”. weak on responsibilities for mitigation, but positive on affirming justice principle. Action now needed. Image
Nov 15, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 On how this is actually a geopolitical loss for the EU.
1) 35 countries, mainly in Africa and the Caribbean (two key trade regions within the ACP) did NOT sign the agreement (that’s 45% of the ACP membership). In Africa, South Africa’s withdrew from the agreement. Nigeria did not sign. Several mid-size economies that the EU is courting, eg Senegal, Namibia, did not sign the agreement. List 👇(courtesy of @vchadw). This means that, even assuming all the 44 who signed would ratify… Image
Dec 13, 2022 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
Time for a🧵on the EU's #CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism). Today, EU institutions reached an agreement on the CBAM. It will enter into force on 1 October 2023. What does this mean for #Africa?
europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-… 1) What is the logic behind the CBAM? The EU introduced ambitious decarbonization measures for its industry=> risk of carbon leakage (companies shifting production to more tolerant jurisdictions) => industrial exodus from EU with major socio-economic impact & no climate impact.
Nov 22, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 The re-writing of recent history by global north activists on the COP27 and its outcome is (to put it mildly) nauseating! It makes one question their independence and how much they're in touch with Global South voices they claim to care about. So to reclaim the space: 1. The 2 weeks in Sharm were a moment; a stop in a journey. The COP27 outcomes need to be evaluated based on the engagement of the actors through that journey! Ignoring that the US and the EU were telling us just a month ago that loss and damage won't happen and then reading...
Dec 1, 2021 • 22 tweets • 7 min read
🧵Some reflections on the Global Gateway proposal just released by the European Commission looking at 1) What does it put on the table, 2) is it really a 'new' package, and 3) is it a positive contribution to Africa-Europe relations. But 1st some context.
ec.europa.eu/info/sites/def… In 2007, the European commission launched an infrastructure Trust Fund, which was then put to rest in the multi-annual budget of 2014-2020 (although it was implemented up to 2019). Infra financing was at the time seen by European officials as a no-go.