Arthur Wyns

Climate & Health Advisor @WHO @COP28_UAE

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

Head of UNFCCC reconfirms #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 will host COP29 in the city of Baku, from 11 to 22 November 2024.

COP29 President-Designate = Mukhtar Babayev, Minister of Ecology & Natural Resources

COP29 Lead Negotiator = @YalchinRafiyev, Deputy Foreign Minister

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

Azerbaijan to host next year’s Cop29 climate talks, according to two sources in the Cop28 meeting room where the decision was made.

https://t.co/jpTVo7ZMoy

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

UPDATE on COP29 presidency:

After a lot of back and forth, Armenia has confirmed it will no longer block Azerbaijan's bid to Preside over COP29

Azerbaijan now as good as certain to take on the COP29 Presidency

https://t.co/i3XUliNcVO

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

Prime Minister of Armenia supports Azerbaijan bid to host COP29:
https://t.co/4wqwhwhlBB

[ClimaHealth.info @climahealth]

📢 New @WHO report provides a snapshot of the overall progress governments have made in addressing the #health risks of #climatechange to achieve the goals of the #ParisAgreement.

https://t.co/6MidSSYNAA

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

What does climate inequality look like?

The top map shows national responsibility for climate breakdown. The bottom maps show projected climate-change attributable health and mortality risks in 2050.

[Nicole Redvers @DrNicoleRedvers]

Happy to share our issue on Transdisciplinary Collaborations on Climate Change and Health. @ArthurWyns and I wanted to broaden the scope of transdisciplinarity to include various ways of knowing and to encompass intersectional and intergenerational notions https://t.co/lcRamzA1tm

[Irini Pantelidou @IriniPantelidou]

Help us understand how to support communities of practice in #climate & #health in Africa.
Request for proposals out now: https://t.co/vANRpfOT32 Deadline: 19 May 2023.
#climatechangeshealth #funding #research #policy #action @wellcometrust

[Ayisha Siddiqa @Ayishas12]

I am of a matriarchal bloodline, I know fierce like the cradle of my grandmother. The women in my family have created all that we have with sheer grit; despite living as tribal/rural woman in one of the most patriarchal and violent countries against women in the world; Pakistan

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

Dates now confirmed:
The first meeting of the 'Transitional Committee' on loss and damage finance will take place 27-29 March in Egypt.

Representatives from 24 countries will have to hash out the details for a L&D fund by #COP28

Full list here: https://t.co/9UggCAb050

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

The decision to develop a loss and damage fund was one of the major outcomes of #COP27

A 'Transitional Committee' of 24 countries will now have to figure out the details by #COP28

Eight nominees have already been announced - more are expected soon

https://t.co/9UggCAb050

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

Among the selected members of the Loss & Damage Committee are:
-Barbados special envoy @AvinashPersau15 (the brains behind Mia Mottley's Bridgetown Agenda)
-UAE lead negotiator @HanaAlhashimi
- Egypt's lead negotiator @MoMoclimate
-Reps from SA, Chile, Colombia, Brazil

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

@vallejolola @IDDRI_English @UNFCCC Congratulations @vallejolola, you're the perfect pic!

[IAI @IAI_news]

📢@TheLancetPlanet

📄Global biodiversity deal is not pandemic proof - @ArthurWyns

“It really is a missed opportunity that health was not incorporated,” said @DrAnnaStewart, Science Director of @Iai_News

➡️Full article: https://t.co/sEN5KLAFko

[Jose Siri @josegsiri]

Details coming Feb 15 for @Belmont_Forum #funding for #transdisciplinary research on #climate #environment and #health—great opportunity! @IAI_news @DrAnnaStewart @DiarmidCL @DrMariaNeira @madthomson @ArthurWyns @ph_alliance @ISC @LACUrbanHealth @IS_UrbanHealth @LancetCountdown

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

@Laeti_Sieffert @WHO @SCBriand @MarieAngeW @hess_se Welcome back @Laeti_Sieffert!

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

@JhessetEnano Such incredible work @JhessetEnano! I continue to love your writing!

[Cristina Romanelli @EcosystemHealth]

Health & Biodiversity decision just adopted in the final #COP15 plenary! This + health in new Global Biodiversity Framework provide key entry points for raising ambition, strengthening health leadership, cooperation and support 4 #OneHealth! ⁦@WHO⁩ ⁦⁦@DrMariaNeira⁩

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

196 countries have agreed to a global deal for nature!
It's goal: to halt biodiversity loss by 2030

Including by:
-protecting 30% land and 30% oceans by 2030
-30% of degraded ecosystems restored
-30B$ for biodiversity by 2030

Ful text of UN deal here: https://t.co/aW7UfzR7wU