Sam Bickersteth

Tweeting about climate change, international development and financial inclusion

[Sam Bickersteth @SamBickersteth]

Congratulations to Neil on getting this important book out. Subsidies continue to get in the way of the vital transition to net zero. I'm delighted to be working with @neilmcculloch64 at @thepolicypract1

[Neil McCulloch @neilmcculloch64]

Delighted that my book about Ending #FossilFuelSubsidies is finally out! You can buy a physical copy from
https://t.co/ENqjgZiaFs (or Amazon) but it is also Open Access. @thepolicypract1 @IDS_UK @NOIweala @HelenClarkNZ @nomhossain @PA_PublishingUK @IISD_Energy @IISD_news

[Windle Trust International @WindleTrust]

We need to talk more about why we do what we do.

Check out https://t.co/74dmf6ZHTe for an overview of our new James Aryam Scholarships and https://t.co/9Ie7zDG6xJ to learn why we think #scholarships are a vital tool in our toolbox to bring #opportunities to all

[Sam Bickersteth @SamBickersteth]

My thoughts on how @COP27 achieved some progress on #LossAndDamage but greenwashing corporations, petro-states, big emerging emitters appear to have won out https://t.co/TI5ueuR3E5
@CDKN
@grp_resilience
@COPResilienceHub, @RacetoResilience
@FCDOClimate
@CarbonBubble @IPCC_CH

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Scotland blew-up its last coal fired power plant. The future is #renewable. Let's speed it up and get there.

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #climate #energy #renewables #cleanenergy #GreenNewDeal #cop27

[Sam Bickersteth @SamBickersteth]

Come on #COP27 put some money on the table for these losses happening now @CASAClimate @grp_resilience @thepolicypract1

[Climate Ambition Support Alliance (CASA) @CASAClimate]

Ambassador Dr Satyendra Prasad @FijiMissionUN @sprasadfj 🧵

Fiji calls for international #LossAndDamage Finance Facility #COP27

➡️Fiji already has 48 communities whose lands are inundated by sea level rise, tidal surge
➡️Fiji domestic resources can only cover four

@AOSISChair

[Climate Ambition Support Alliance (CASA) @CASAClimate]

Ambassador Dr Satyendra Prasad @FijiMissionUN @sprasadfj 🧵

Fiji calls for international #LossAndDamage Finance Facility #COP27

➡️Fiji already has 48 communities whose lands are inundated by sea level rise, tidal surge
➡️Fiji domestic resources can only cover four

@AOSISChair

[Sam Bickersteth @SamBickersteth]

My thoughts on #COP27 after Day 6
https://t.co/PR4Kk4Na97

[Sam Bickersteth @SamBickersteth]

Registration is now open for the #COPResilienceHub, an inclusive virtual and physical space at COP27 and home of the #RacetoResilience!

Register here for the interactive virtual platform 👉 https://t.co/GMSL6ENHZs
@grp_resilience @southsouthnorth @cdknetwork

[Sam Bickersteth @SamBickersteth]

12 days to go before #COP27 Immerse yourself interactively in key issues at #COPResilienceHub without the travel

[copreshub.bsky.social @copreshub]

🗣️ Only two weeks until #COP27!
Designed by a team of experts across all regions & sectors of society, the #COPResilienceHub programme has over 60 sessions that put resilience at the heart of every climate conversation.
Register now 👇
https://t.co/5xmbCHwW39
#RacetoResilience

[Simon Maxwell @SimonMaxwell001]

I've been following UK aid for a long time (>40 years) and the @commonsidc session with @FCDOGovUK Perm Sec yesterday (https://t.co/PURu5uJN3l) is about the most depressing I've come across. 0.5, lumps taken out for refugee 1st year costs. UK aid in crisis?

[Sam Bickersteth @SamBickersteth]

Register now to participate remotely in 12 days of engaging resilience conversations during COP27 covering finance, arts, food, infrastructure, water, oceans, health, cities and humanitarian response and more #COPResilienceHub. Virtual participants can network without travel

[copreshub.bsky.social @copreshub]

Registration is now open for the #COPResilienceHub, an inclusive virtual and physical space at COP27 and home of the #RacetoResilience!

Register here for the virtual platform 👉 https://t.co/5xmbCHwodB

[Moazzam Malik @MoazzamTMalik]

Wonderful to celebrate (23/4) the end (at least of this phase) of my 25 year career as a civil servant with brilliant, committed colleagues and a few surprise guests. It has been a privilege.

My parting messages for the challenges ahead:

1/8 (apologies for late post)

[Adam Long @adam_jb_long]

Stunning inversion over the highlands yesterday:

[Ben Chu @BenChu_]

On these "staggering costs of net zero", a reminder the Climate Change Committee estimates £1,300bn of investment costs by 2050 across the entire economy, offset by £990bn of savings.

Net cost of £310bn over thirty years.

So: around £10bn a year, or 0.5% of GDP

[Sam Bickersteth @SamBickersteth]

It has been great to work with @grp_resilience and #RaceToResilience champions and partners to produce this @COP26 report

[globalresilience.bsky.social @grp_resilience]

📢 Fresh off the press!
The @COP26 Synthesis Report highlights overarching messages that resulted from the activities of the @copreshub plus key #adaptation & #resilience decisions & announcements that took place. Commissioned by @grp_resilience: https://t.co/nNkw3FfNgV

[Shauna Aminath 🎈❓ @anuahsa]

Either we kill coal or coal will kill us. A phase down of coal won’t save the Maldives and island nations. #COP26

[Rueanna Haynes @Rueanna_Haynes]

Wrapping #cop26
⬆️ double adaptation financing, maybe
⬆️ trigger for new, 1.5 aligned NDCs
⬆️ 5yr common time frames
⬆️ rulebook closed
⬆️ adaptation goal process
❌ phasing DOWN coal
❌ loss and damage DIALOGUE
Was it worth it? Only time will tell. For now #itisfinished

[Archie Young @archieyounguk]

Glasgow Climate Pact:
-Paris Rulebook complete
-strengthen targets sooner
-2030 ambition process
-1st ref to coal & fossil fuel subsidies
-Global Goal on Adaptation prog
-x2 adaptation finance
-Loss & Damage network operationalised
-new💰goal process
-10yr empowerment prog
& more

[Sam Bickersteth @SamBickersteth]

@Koko_Warner @AngelaAchurie @UNFCCC @BarackObama @COP26 Hi Koko. Sorry to have missed you and your shoes

[Koko Warner @Koko_Warner]

@AngelaAchurie @UNFCCC @BarackObama @COP26 Yes, my shoes! My sister advised me to get them