The time for pledges is over. The time for honesty, delivery, and accountability is long overdue. The COP26 and COP27 Presidents, the UNFCCC Executive Secretary and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, Nigel Topping and Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, open the Global Climate Action Agenda at COP27 with their event “Making Good On Promises”. The event will take place at 2pm in Plenary 2 and all stakeholders are invited to attend.
Forming part of the World Leaders Summit, the Global Climate Action High-Level Event is an opportunity to put non-State action at the centre of COP27. The event will see the launch of the Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda and the publication of the ‘Yearbook of Global Climate Action 2022’.
Today’s Key Announcements
In addition, in collaboration with the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions and the Global Resilience Partnership, the Scottish Government today launches a report on practical action to address climate losses and damages for the most vulnerable people and nations. The report identifies the urgency to mobilise increased finance from public and private sources and presents innovative ideas to do this – from debt relief and philanthropy, to private investment.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “The year since COP26 has presented us with ever more unavoidable proof of the increasing impact of climate change on lives across the world. The suffering of those who have contributed least to climate change is, unequivocally, an issue of climate justice. Climate change, as the floods in Pakistan, drought in the Horn of Africa and wildfires scattered across continents show, threatens fundamental human rights of life, health, food, water. We cannot uphold human rights without addressing loss and damage – urgent practical action must deliver support to the most vulnerable now.
This Scottish Government report does not, and cannot, provide all the answers. Rather it is a synthesis of insights reflecting the deep expertise and experience of the delegates that came together at the conference. I hope it plays a part in escalating loss and damage action, at COP27 and beyond.”
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Global Climate Action High-Level Event (Opening)
Location: Plenary 2/Ramses
Time: 2-3pm
Speakers
African Carbon Markets Initiative
Location: Ibis (Action Room 1)
Time: 8:00-9:30am
Thinking Outside The Shell: Towards The Sustainable Blue Future We Need
Location: Nature Pavilion
Time: 8:30am – 10:00am
Speakers:
Moderator: Loreley Picourt, Executive Director, Ocean and Climate Platform, Focal Point for the Global Climate Action on Ocean and Coastal Zones.
Moderator: Anna-Marie Laura, Director of International Government Relations at Ocean Conservancy.
Moderator: Erik Giercksky, Head of the Action Platform for Ocean, UN Global Compact
Driving Delvery on Paris Commitments through Data
Location: Ibis (Action Room 1)
Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
High-level side event on the recommendations on the high-level Experts Group on Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities
Location: Ibis (Action Room 1)
Time: 3:30 – 4:30pm
EXPLORE COP27
Launch of The Children and Youth Pavilion
For the first time ever at a UNFCCC Conference, children and young people will have a dedicated space at COP27 alongside world leaders, ministers, prominent non-State actors and other delegates. Designed to amplify children and youth voices within global climate policymaking, the COP27 Children and Youth Pavilion will be entirely led by young people and has been co-created and run by influential child and youth networks.The programme of events officially starts at 10am today. A full schedule is available here.
Stop by The Resilience Hub
The Resilience Hub is once again acting as the home of the Race to Resilience. Click here for the full agenda. The Hub is accessible in-person in Area C and virtually here.
No More Fairy Tales: stories to save our planet
Before we can build the resilient zero carbon economy that we have promised future generations, we must first imagine it.
Stay inspired by reading today’s story drawn from an anthology of short stories written by a variety of authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson, Paolo Bacigalupi and others. These stories present positive visions of what a sustainable society might look like and how we might get there.
Each story links to a webpage where readers can see how they can help to make the story a reality. Compiled by the Green Stories Project, in association with Herculean Climate Solutions.
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Those on the front lines of the climate crisis are at the back of the line for support. This is unacceptable. Adaptation to climate impacts must be treated with a seriousness that reflects the equal worth of all members of the human family – UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…
Africa’s role in decarbonizing the planet
Africa can play a pivotal role in contribution to tackling climate change globally by leading the world in limiting emissions, driving climate restoration and orienting Africa towards its strengths which translate into major new segments of economic opportunity, writes Jack Kimani, Founding CEO of the Climate Action Platform for Africa (CAP-A)
Carbon credits and the energy transition: An Investor Perspective
What does the current carbon market boom mean to energy startups in Africa and how should venture capital funds and impact investors evaluate these businesses? Dr. Amar Inamdar, Managing Director of KawiSafi Ventures Fund, explains.
Project Drawdown: COP27 must answer calls for accelerated action and climate justice
The demands of the most impacted — particularly African, Indigenous, youth, and women voices — must be centred throughout these next two weeks at COP27 and beyond, writes Carissa Patrone Maikuri, Project Drawdown
COP27 Day 1: Turning Ambition into Action
Find out what happened on 7 November, from the Green Shipping Challenge, to the launch of The Forests and Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP). Day 1 at COP27 began with reports on the mobilization of finance for conservation and restoration of degraded lands benefitting Indigenous peoples and farmers.
Co chaired by Ghana and the United States of America, the FCLP evidenced delivery mode with Heads of State of donor countries indicating they had already spent $2.67 billion of the $12 billion committed last year to protect and restore forests. Recognizing deforestation increases, and that the scale of action must grow, a further $4.5 billion from public and private donors was committed to this agenda.
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