Climate Policy Watch

Strategic advice and capacity support. Particular focus on climate negotiation and domestic policy support to Pacific Small Island Developing States.

[🌍⚖️ Seb Duyck | @duycks.bsky.social @duycks]

👏🎉 Congratulations to @AstridPuentes for her nomination as 🇺🇳Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Healthy Environment!
ℹ️The mandate, previously held by @JohnHKnox & @EnvirOptimist has been relabelled to reflect the recognition of the right by the United Nations.

[Harjeet Singh @harjeet11]

#LossAndDamage #TC1 meeting in Luxor, Egypt ended.

8 Takeaways:

1. All countries (seemingly) agree to operationalise a new Fund, alongside assessing & strengthening Funding Arrangements, such as humanitarian response etc.

[🌍⚖️ Seb Duyck | @duycks.bsky.social @duycks]

🔥🎇historic moment!
🇺🇳UN General Assembly adopts *by consensus* resolution requesting ⚖️ International Court of Justice to clarify States' obligations re. to climate
📌This is a recognition by all States that legal obligations extend beyond the #ParisAgreement
#ClimateJustice

[Ralph Regenvanu @RRegenvanu]

Apart from Vanuatu's request for an Advisory Opinion (AO) from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), there are two other requests for Advisory Opinions now in progress. This is one of them. This AO will be handed down before the ICJ hands its AO down...

[SREnvironment @SREnvironment]

I just received an email from the European Court of Human Rights regarding the Portuguese youths' climate change case alleging human rights violations by 33 European nations.
The case has been sent to the Grand Chamber. Europe's highest human rights court will now decide the case

[Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum @AiyazSKFiji]

Everyone should follow what's happening right now in Bonn, Germany, where our climate negotiators are pushing to turn loss and damage from a token talking point into an agenda item by @Cop27P. It's time we end the talk-fest and recognise what the climate crisis has already cost.

[Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @LossandDamage]

Our Support Centre For Vulnerable Developing Country Negotiators is up and running with team members on the ground at @UNFCCC #SB56 in Bonn. If you're a negotiator, or if you're supporting one and need #LossAndDamage support then DM us!

🔗https://t.co/budfxneprP

[AOSIS @AOSISChair]

30 yrs ago today the UN Framework Convention on #ClimateChange was adopted.

Along side the establishment of the UNFCCC #SIDS were forming an alliance to ensure their vulnerabilities to #climatechange were known globaly so they joined forces and created @AOSISChair #SIDSLead

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

PRESS RELEASE | 28 Feb 2022

#Climatechange: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet.

Taking action now can secure our future

The #IPCC released its latest #ClimateReport today.

PR ➡️ https://t.co/ISBRVbv9UM
Read the report ➡️ https://t.co/ABoUKGqREU

[AOSIS @AOSISChair]

#SIDS are always the ones who are asked to compromise our interests in order to reach consensus. These are not just words that we are conceding, it is our lives, livelihoods and our future. We will not leave @COP26 without assurances that our calls have been heard and addressed.

[Jennifer Tollmann @jennytollmann]

It’s official - #COP26 will be followed by #COP27 in Egypt and #COP28 in the United Arab Emirates

[AOSIS @AOSISChair]

What SIDS need is for @COP26 to be the process that sees to the launch of a committee to operationalise loss and damage, it's been 20yrs it's time we set out on the 1yr sprint #SIDSLead #ClimateActionNow

[PSIDS @PSIDSnyc]

Thank you to Hon. Bruce Bilimon, Minister of Health and Human Services of @RMI_Govt for delivering this statement on behalf of #PSIDS at @COP26
Full Statement👉https://t.co/UADoqN5Gbz

[AOSIS @AOSISChair]

AOSIS Chair on UK draft COP text:
'Urging' 'encouraging' and 'inviting' is NOT the decisive language that this moment calls for. We have limited time left @COP26 to get this right and send a clear message to our children, that we hear you and are taking this crisis seriously.

[Climate Vulnerable Forum @TheCVF]

MEDIA ALERT: We will host a joint press briefing with a broad coalition of CVF Ministers and civil society leaders TODAY at 6.30pm GMT in response to the #COP26 draft text released today. We invite the @COP26 press corps to join us. DM for details. #GlasgowEmergencyPact

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

Day 6 of #COP26 Here's your daily Twitter 🧵 on what happened far: 1/n

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

This photo of Tuvalu’s virtual address to the Climate Conference says everything that should need to be said. #COP26

[UK in Fiji @ukinfiji]

The #Youth4Pacific Declaration on #ClimateChange was presented to @FijiPM & @ForumSec SG Henry Puna by @350Pacific at the PIFS oceans event.600 Pacific youth, supported by @UKinFiji,formulated the declaration that became their collective voice for @COP26 & has 4500+ signatures.

[Cherelle Fruean @CherelleLeilani]

This evening in Glasgow, the Pacific Climate Warriors presented the #Youth4Pacific declaration on Climate Change to the Secretary General of the Pacific Island Forum, H.E Henry Puna and the Prime Minister of Fiji, Hon. Frank Bainimarama at the high level PIFS Oceans event. #COP26