Alexander Lohse

Find me on BlueSky: scientist @cnms_mr, Ph.D. candidate, International Relations, Arab Gulf states, UAE status-seeking

[Alexander Lohse @LohseAlexander]

The next best time to leave this platform is now. We've seen plenty of idiocracy since Elon took over, but campaigning for the fascists of the German #AfD crosses the line. I’m out. You can find me on #BlueSky ✌️ https://t.co/eYn3xvamZE
#MuskWeidel

[Alexander Lohse @LohseAlexander]

@starkwatzinger 🤡

[Georg Restle @georgrestle]

In Syrien wird ein Diktatur gestürzt. Und in Deutschland macht sich bei einigen Freude breit: Nicht über den Sturz des Barbaren, sondern darüber, jetzt Syrer abzuschieben. Man weiß nicht, wofür man sich mehr schämen soll: Für die politische Ignoranz oder die Empathielosigkeit.

[Karim El-Gawhary @Gawhary]

Testlabor des Grauens. Über den Einsatz von israelischen bewaffneten Mini-Drohnen, sogenannten "Quadcopters", die im Gazastreifen Angst und Schrecken verbreiten. @tazgezwitscher https://t.co/riBeOMLpJS

[Omer Bartov عومر بَرتوف עמר ברטוב @bartov_omer]

Holocaust-Forscher Omer Bartov sah bis vor wenigen Monaten keine Anzeichen für einen Völkermord in Gaza. Hier erklärt der Israeli, warum sich seine Meinung geändert hat – und Olaf Scholz falsch lag.
https://t.co/gTHktWhyLp

[Sinem Cengiz @SinemCngz]

Last panel of the Gulf Studies Center’s (@QUGulfStudies) 9th Annual International Interdisciplinary conference brings diverse & strong #Khaleeji voice.

This panel has scholars from #Oman🇴🇲 #SaudiArabia🇸🇦 #Qatar🇶🇦 & #Kuwait🇰🇼 discussing policy-making, national security & welfare.

[Alexander Lohse @LohseAlexander]

@JKSteinberger Do you by any chance have a source for 1. and the role of Hana Al-Hashimi, or is this your own observation from COP28?

[Alexander Lohse @LohseAlexander]

Wir brauchen dringend mehr Lehrerinnen und Lehrer. Aber wehe, wenn sie die falschen Sonderzeichen in ihren Arbeitsblättern verwenden... 🤬

[Alexander Lohse @LohseAlexander]

Liebe @hessenSPD,
als Genosse ist man ja durchaus Leid gewöhnt, gerade wenn man mit Koalitionspartner*innen Kompromisse schließen muss. Aber jetzt ein #Genderverbot mitzutragen und das Spielchen von AFD, Söder und Co mitzuspielen ist bodenlos!

[Alexander Lohse @LohseAlexander]

And from my impression of the COP process, UAE would have been willing to go further and come up with a more historic decission to improve their image as a leading power of climate action in the region.

[Alexander Lohse @LohseAlexander]

Important to note: Saudi Arabia and Russia were the countries preventing stronger fossil fuel phase out language in #COP28.
What gives hope for a 1.5° future: Their positions keep losing support, even from fossil fuel relient countries, like Colombia.

[Dr. Cinzia Bianco @Cinzia_Bianco]

Also this is not on #UAE. The Saudis would easily put this failure on them because UAE is obviously an #oil & #gas producer. But the last thing the Emiratis wanted is digging their heals on #FossilFuelPhaseOut alienating 80+ countries. No no this is against the UAE not for them!

[Louise Burrows @LouBurrows7]

This is really significant

Now at #COP28 we are witnessing 127+ countries support the phase out of ALL fossil fuels

An increase from 80 countries at #COP27

At #COP26 the debate was just on coal phase out/down, not #fossilfuels

We have made real progress - the pressure is on🌎

[Alexander Lohse @LohseAlexander]

Very interesting to see the language of the UAE presidency in anticipation of a possible failure of #COP28: "move from the Presidency's Action Agenda to the Parties Action Outcomes" = We are not to blame if the outcome is not what it could have been.

[COP28 UAE @COP28_UAE]

As we move from the Presidency’s Action Agenda to the Parties Action Outcomes, find out more about what’s actually happening in Dubai.

Time is running out to keep 1.5 within reach. We must unite, act and deliver.

#COP28 #UniteActDeliver

[Wopke Hoekstra @WBHoekstra]

Meeting now with the High Ambition Coalition to discuss the latest #COP28 texts.

We need to keep a 1.5 degree figure alive. It is what science demands and our kids deserve.

[Auswärtiges Amt @AuswaertigesAmt]

Der vorliegende Vorschlag der #COP28 Präsidentschaft ist eine Enttäuschung. Wesentliche Elemente sind für uns als #EU inakzeptabel. Dem Text fehlen die nötigen Instrumente der Umsetzung, um überhaupt noch auf den 1,5 Grad-Pfad zu kommen. - @ABaerbock 1/2

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

BREAKING new #COP28 stocktake text

Fossil fuel "phase out" is GONE

Whole energy package is loose "actions that cld inc"

➡️refs renewables, CCS for "efforts twds substitution of unabated fossil fuels"
➡️loose 2050 timeline
➡️no methane target

https://t.co/JxxCbuHUIu

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

I have come back to #COP28, because we are on the brink of climate disaster & this conference must mark a turning point.

I am here to renew my urgent appeal to leaders:

Recommit to the 1.5°C warming limit.

End the fossil fuel age.

Deliver climate justice.

Make #COP28 count.

[Catherine Abreu @catabreu_]

In 8 years of attending climate talks, I have never felt so much like we're getting real about what matters. It's kind of blowing my mind.

Day 11 of #COP28, and the Arabic tradition of Majlis has Ministers talking straight about the realities of phasing out fossil fuels 🧵

[Luisa Neubauer @Luisamneubauer]

🚨 Das @OPECSecretariat ruft Mitgliedsstaaten laut Leak dazu auf, den Ausstieg aus fossilen Energien bei der #COP28 zu blockieren, ua. weil das “die Zukunft” gefährden würde.

Sehr gefährlich & sehr absurd zu welchen Mitteln die #OPEC greift. Sie sieht, dass wir gewinnen könnten.

[Alexander Lohse @LohseAlexander]

Columbia's response to Saudi Arabia at #COP28 : Beyond 1.5 °C there will be no adaptation but only loss and damage to deal with.
Will be intersting to see what the final result of these negotiations will be.

[Stefan C. Aykut @StefanAykut]

It is rare to see direct clashes at COPs. But we just witnessed one at today's plenary at #COP28, when Saudi Arabia's plea to focus on adaptation & emissions instead of fossil fuels was followed by this remarkable statement by Colombia (my transcription).
But see for yourselves..