Shruti Agarwal

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[Avantika Goswami @aygoswami]

Western climate journalists quote minimal Indian experts and CSOs, but assume a level of authority passing judgements on India that frankly they do not possess. Then they wonder why Indian CSOs and negotiators couldn't be bothered to engage with them.

https://t.co/SyzuMgm10n

[Avantika Goswami @aygoswami]

Stunning essay by @WaldenBello and Shalmali Guttal - worth spending a couple of hours to read the incredible economic and trade justice history of Global South resistance to subordination by the North. Also essential reading to envision climate justice

https://t.co/eP6dUSjqn4

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

Such a great thread! "Understanding fossil fuel history is key to understanding why these systems are so embedded (not just technically, but also socially and politically)."

[Rohit Chandra | @rohitreads.bsky.social @rohitreads]

Amidst all the celebratory coverage of the UK closing its last coal plant it's worth thinking about how coal dependence arose across the world in the first place /1

[Avantika Goswami @aygoswami]

@edking_I Yes India has a coal problem to confront and the article elaborates exactly why that's proving so challenging. But 50C isn't exactly India's doing (historical emissions etc.) so I'm not sure you can conflate the two issues, Ed

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

Love the example of soviet nail production to drive home the point - "Lenin’s government reportedly gave bonuses to factories according to the number of nails produced. This led factories to reduce the size of nails to make production easier, which also made them less useful."

[euan ritchie @euanritchie]

“What is climate finance? Dunno. But we’re definitely providing 100bn of it”.

@martgbek and I explore the resistance among providers of climate finance to agree on how to measure it, and what Charles Goodhart might have to say about the controversy

https://t.co/jw0rJneR6r

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

This is a very disturbing development. More power to those revolting against it. Carbon offsetting is primarily #greenwashing

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

Is this for REAL???! @grahamstuart says “New oil and licences strengthen our ability to get to net zero, they strengthen and support our climate leadership.”
https://t.co/zv2co1Thop

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

hit the nail on the head, as always @mohadow

[Mohamed Adow @mohadow]

"Mohamed Adow, said: "Rich countries say they want a global phase-out of fossil fuels, but they are refusing to fund it. There is simply not enough in the current text for developing countries to believe there will be finance to help them decarbonise.”

https://t.co/nsT9eCM2kZ

[Dr Natalie Jones @nataliejon_es]

It's Day 7 here at #COP28 and parties were debating fossil fuel phase out / energy package in the Global Stocktake until late last night.

My summary: At the end of the first week of COP, the opponents of fossil fuel phase out have revealed themselves 🧵

[SavetheChildren News @SaveUKNews]

"They stand to inherit a planet with even more frequent extreme weather events than ever before", @ag_shruti, Senior Adviser on Climate Change.

Thanks to @MailOnline for covering our #climatecrisis poll highlighting 'climate dread' among children.

https://t.co/DwAnTNmYcT

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

A really good thread on the latest OECD #climatefinance report

[Joe Thwaites @joethw8s]

NEW @OECD report on $100 billion out today:

Developed to developing country #climatefinance increased 7.6% ($6.3bn) to $89.6bn in 2021.

Adaptation finance fell -14% ($4bn)

OECD says $100bn likely met in 2022, but no public data.

It's a mixed bag 🧵

https://t.co/sLvkTUmkJL

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

'reported' adaptation finance falling by $4 billion is really bad news.

[Josh Gabbatiss @Josh_Gabbatiss]

Developed countries promised to mobilise $100bn of climate finance annually for developing countries by 2020.

In 2021, they had still failed to meet this target.

They also pledged to double climate adaptation finance by 2025...

...But in 2021, it actually fell by $4bn.

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

Yes they did provide the rationale. Curious though if global south scholars agree with that. And definitely appreciate the model being made available online.

[Joe Thwaites @joethw8s]

@ag_shruti @KanitkarT @tjayaraman I thought they made a decent case for 1979, based on this: https://t.co/hzyOTmLenw

I appreciate that they put the model online so anyone can adjust the parameters and see how that affects the results: https://t.co/VJPkesXGKD

But more fair share analyses definitely welcome!

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

It'd be great to have @KanitkarT @tjayaraman and other Global south perspectives on this. For one, why use 1979 as the cut-off date in baseline scenario when historical emissions data available from 1850?

[Joe Thwaites @joethw8s]

Interesting new @CGDev paper looking at potential responsibility and capacity metrics for apportioning climate finance effort.

Relevant to @UNFCCC negotiations on the #NCQG @COP28_UAE and the #LossAndDamageFund #TC5
https://t.co/7w293uFEpX

[Shruti Agarwal @ag_shruti]

The UK's credibility in calling for a #fossilfuel phase out at #COP28 is seriously undermined yet again through this decision.

[SavetheChildren News @SaveUKNews]

"The government's decision to support more oil and gas expansion will only exacerbate the #climatecrisis.

Less than a month COP28 the UK’s rhetoric on climate leadership rings as hollow as its actions."

-@ag_shruti Senior Adviser on Climate Change.
https://t.co/rCYjVHLeCe

[Climate & Community Institute @cplusci]

In this new post, @cpluscp fellow @kiram____ builds on our work about decarbonizing transportation with less mining, showing how reduced car dependency is also essential for climate change mitigation & looks at some of the policies needed to get there 🧵https://t.co/2a8T6Y80hV

[Priyanka Gandhi Vadra @priyankagandhi]

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I am shocked and ashamed that our country has abstained from voting for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Our country was founded on the principles of non-violence and truth, principles for which our freedom fighters laid down their lives, these principles form the basis of the constitution that defines our nationhood. They represent the moral courage of India that guided its actions as a member of the international community.

To refuse to take a stand and watch in silence as every law of humanity is pulverised, food, water, medical supplies, communication and power is cut off to millions of people and thousands of men, women and children in Palestine are being annihilated goes against everything our country has stood for throughout its life as a nation.

[Raphael Mimoun @RaphMim]

I grew up in a Zionist household, spent 12 years in a Zionist youth movement, lived 4 years in Israel, and have friends and family who served in the IDF.

When that is your world, it's hard to see apartheid when it's happening.

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[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

Disagreeing with a UN resolution or with a speech by its SecGen is perfectly OK. Threatening to teach the UN a lesson is definitely not OK - such threats were not even uttered by reps of the roguest of rogue states.

https://t.co/HR9Ip75lK5

[Adam Tooze @adam_tooze]

American voters favor a ceasefire and de-escalation in Gaza and support US use of leverage over Israel by a HUGE margin. This is not a marginal position but completely mainstream, across both parties.