Nick Bridge

UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change. Civil servant & diplomat OECD/IEA, China, Japan, US

[Nick Bridge @UKClimateEnvoy]

In awe 💚 of the whole #COP26 team of civil servants. Their dedication, stamina, creativity & achievements have been incredible. The work goes on, in days, weeks & year ahead 🙌 🌎

[Zac Goldsmith @ZacGoldsmith]

For all our sakes, we need to put nature on a path to recovery this decade. The UK is leading calls to protect at least 30% of the world's land & oceans by 2030 as part of an ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework at #COP15 in Montreal.
A message from ⁦@10DowningStreet⁩

[Nick Bridge @UKClimateEnvoy]

@ZacGoldsmith 👏

[Nick Bridge @UKClimateEnvoy]

It has been such an enormous privilege to work with @archieyounguk 🙌. A brilliant colleague & friend. And there could be no better successor than Alison Campbell ✊.

[Archie Young @archieyounguk]

Home from #COP27, my 6th and last as UK Lead Climate Negotiator

A thread 🧵…

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[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Wildlife biologist Dr. Purnima Devi Barman @storksister of India leads the “Hargila Army,” an all-female movement protecting the Greater Adjutant Stork from extinction.

She’s the 2022 “Entrepreneurial Vision” #EarthChamps winner: https://t.co/7L7yJv2YPp #GenerationRestoration

[Nick Bridge @UKClimateEnvoy]

@MonicaArayaTica @Drive_Electric_ @COP26 @TheICCT @ClimateGroup ❤️ @MonicaArayaTica 🙏 for highlighting this vital work and celebrating all the dedicated people & partnerships who are working tirelessly to make it happen 🙌

[Kirsten Hagon @KirstenHagon]

⁦@mkvaalst⁩ #COP27 “communities need to know if this is the new normal and what to prepare for…” science showing in one region floods are 80x more likely than before due to #climatechange ! @ifrc ⁦@RCClimate⁩

[Fatih Birol @fbirol]

Our special report on Coal in Net Zero Transitions is out!

Global coal emissions are the key challenge for reaching climate targets. If nothing is done, emissions from existing coal plants in power & industry alone would tip the world over the 1.5C limit: https://t.co/bEYhzSN4ul

[Fatih Birol @fbirol]

The new @IEA report shows that transitions away from coal can be achieved without raising electricity costs for consumers

In fact, the competitiveness of renewables means average costs fall between now & 2050 both in advanced economies and in emerging & developing economies

[Corporate Leaders Groups @ClimateCLG]

We are all in for #1o5C🌍

As #COP27 cover text is being negotiated and the world is getting ready for #G20, businesses come together with scientists and NGOs to remind our commitment in doing everything in our power to limit global warming to #1o5C

Read👉https://t.co/ZKlyLOFtAc

[Nick Bridge @UKClimateEnvoy]

@MottaIT @ItalyMFA_int Many congratulations Alessandro. It’s been a genuine pleasure to work with you over the years - you’re a class act! All the best.

[Nick Bridge @UKClimateEnvoy]

Average mid-Nov England: 9-11^C. Previous record: 17.8^C. Todays new record: 19.5^C. Yet again record not broken by 0.1^C or so. But obliterated. Happening all over the world.

[James Murray @James_BG]

Not a new point, sadly, but it really is unnervingly, uncomfortably, almost unbelievably warm out there today.

[Mark Watts @MarkWatts_]

Delighted to share @c40cities' new report on the cost of fossil gas for #cities. It shows that fossil gas is not green - it's incompatible with a 1.5C scenario. https://t.co/0c8m84JexX

[Nick Bridge @UKClimateEnvoy]

A humbling reminder that despite our huge recent progress, particularly in setting ambitious targets, in reality we’ve only just begun to bend the curve. The clean transition will be tough & contested, but deliver extraordinary 🌎 wealth & health.

[Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏 @ProfMarkMaslin]

#COP27 Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels 🛢🪨 hit a record high in 2022.

Emissions up 1% from 2021, and beats the pre-pandemic highs of 2019, according to the new @gcarbonproject report.

@PFriedling and @hausfath excellent summary @CarbonBrief

https://t.co/PzVbBZty7N

[Catherine Inglehearn @CMInglehearn]

@amyissaado est ravie d’avoir rencontré le Président @mohamedbazoum 🇳🇪 lors de la #COP27 et d’avoir reçu l’approbation d’une audience avec lui à son retour au #Niger. @PresidenceNiger @PnudNiger @JanetRoganCOP26 @GaramaSaratou @UKClimateEnvoy

[Nick Bridge @UKClimateEnvoy]

Proud of all the colleagues who helped make this significant announcement possible 🙌.

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

We will provide £200 million to the @AfDB_Group to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change.

This forms part of the government's commitment to surpass & triple the Glasgow Climate Pact adaptation funding targets from £500 million in 2019 to £1.5 billion in 2025We will provide £200 million to the @AfDB_Group to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change.

This forms part of the government's commitment to surpass & triple the Glasgow Climate Pact adaptation funding targets from £500 million in 2019 to £1.5 billion in 2025We will provide £200 million to the @AfDB_Group to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change.

This forms part of the government's commitment to surpass & triple the Glasgow Climate Pact adaptation funding targets from £500 million in 2019 to £1.5 billion in 2025.

[Simon Stiell @simonstiell]

As @unfccc, we will be holding people to account – be they Presidents, Prime Ministers or CEOs.

Our policies, our businesses, our infrastructure, our actions, must all align with the #ParisAgreement.

My signal of change today at the opening of #COP27.

[Simon Stiell @simonstiell]

At the ministerial dialogue on the new goal on #ClimateFinance with @KGeorgieva at #COP27. 

I asked Ministers to help us by developing a roadmap for the new goal for next year, both at the technical and political level.

[The Elders @TheElders]

World leaders must understand their shared responsibility for urgently addressing the #ClimateCrisis. Next week as #G20 leaders meet in #Indonesia, they must use the opportunity to bring the needed political momentum to global #ClimateAction.

@g20org

[Embajador Británico - George Hodgson @HodgsonGeorge]

Resultados importantes hoy @COP27P:
✔️Firma de la Alianza #UKCOL para el Crecimiento Sostenible
✔️ Lanzamiento de la Alianza de los Líderes por el Clima y los Bosques por @petrogustavo y @RishiSunak
✔️Declaración conjunta del 🇬🇧🇳🇴🇩🇪 con $25m más para proteger la Amazonía 🌳

[Ken O'Flaherty @kenofl]

🇬🇧 proud to have supported development of @cdri_world Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS) programme launched by 🇬🇧&🇮🇳 PMs @COP26 in Glasgow.

Launch of Multi Partner Trust Fund @COP27 will now help operationalise CDRI & IRIS, so impacts can be delivered on ground.