
The

Where is change happening? Where does more to be done?
@e3G's team is out in force to track the #ClimateAmbitionSummit https://twitter.com/COP26/status/1337713813198680064
@antonioguterres kicks-off the summit after a film chock full of strong youth voices (& dramatic trailer music)
message: we are not on track & are still on a 3-degree warming pathway!
declare a state of #ClimateEmergency
use recovery to course-correct
end coal
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Already one of my favourites of the day from @antonioguterres:
" #ClimateAction
is the barometer of leadership" - now this should be the geopolitical benchmark for 2021 - for the #Biden
, the
,
, the #G7, #G20 and beyond.
#ClimateAmbitionSummit #ClimateAction
" #ClimateAction




#ClimateAmbitionSummit #ClimateAction

So - strangely phrased but @BorisJohnson did just announce that the UK
will end all direct taxpayer support for #fossilfuel projects overseas - i.e. NO MORE UK export finance for oil, gas & coal - details to follow https://twitter.com/LouBurrows7/status/1337765532510998528

After a slightly luke-warm speech by @EmmanuelMacron (it's a good thing the EU agreed that new 2030 target yesterday) - Chile and Italy bring some fresh wind
Chile invites @JoeBiden to join the #ClimateAmbitionAlliance
& Italy announces EUR 30 million for the
Adaptation Fund
Chile invites @JoeBiden to join the #ClimateAmbitionAlliance
& Italy announces EUR 30 million for the

Following weeks of tealeaf reading
Xi speech was UNDERWHELMING
no significant update in CO2 emissions peaking year (still "before 2030")
nothing on non-CO2 gases
nothing on coal or int'l coal finance
wind & solar target is new & interesting https://twitter.com/byfordt/status/1337779895863136256





B+ for the
when it should have been their day in the
2030 target stands up pretty well to
scrutiny caveats around "net" notwithstanding
nothing on adaptation or finance
? a bold forward agenda? Instead carbon pricing alliances? Did no-one tell them
can't play ball?






