Noor Saghir

Researcher @IIED all things capacity building & climate diplomacy for vulnerable countries specifically Least Developed Countries. @SOAS @mcgillu alum

[LDC Chair @LDCChairUNFCCC]

We’re pleased to partner with @IIED, @LRI & @ENDA for the Africa Regional Training in La Somone, Senegal 🇸🇳, bringing 60+ LDC delegates together to strengthen UNFCCC skills on finance, transparency, just transition, loss & damage, GST & adaptation ahead of SB64 & COP31.

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

2/2. “We continue to face challenges with the Schengen Visa. I wonder how we will increase the participation of women, youth and Indigenous People when many of them did not receive a visa. I have many delegates from the LDC Group that can not participate because they could not get visas’.

[LDC Chair @LDCChairUNFCCC]

Proud of the 56 future climate leaders from 29 LDCs who gathered in Saly, #Senegal for an intensive training — building skills to drive fairer, stronger outcomes at #COP30.

Big thanks to @IIED, @LegalResponse
& @endaenergylinks for empowering @LDC voices.

#ClimateAction

[LDC Chair @LDCChairUNFCCC]

Pleased to open the Africa regional training workshop for LDC negotiators today. 45 participants
from 15 LDCs are in Saly, Senegal to build skills for championing our priorities at #COP30. Thanks @IIED, @LegalResponse, & @endaenergy for the support in strengthening LDCs capacity

[Gaza Poets Society @PoetsGaza]

Look at this image of Dr. Hossam Abu Safia approaching the cowards hiding in the tanks; it is hard to believe. Where else would one see something like this?

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

Israel has now instituted the destruction of hospitals as a critical part of the conduct of war. The rest of humanity will pay the price.

[LDC Chair @LDCChairUNFCCC]

Disappointing outcome at #COP29. We missed a chance to shield our most vulnerable from the climate crisis & heal our planet. Strong concerns remain over the adopted climate finance goal. Thanks to all who stood with us. We fight on! #ClimateJustice
#COP29 #ClimateFinance

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

#COP29 NEW TEXTS

Drafts landed overnight…

Central fight remains – finance vs fossil fuel

NCQG: "billions" vs "trillions"
MWP: No fossil ref
UAE dialogue: Limited GST follow-up; FF ref not agreed
GGA: Fight over finance refs
Article 6: Deals close
JTWP: Many "options"

https://t.co/UamzWC9raz
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[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

An excerpt from my SOAS lecture: "We cannot allow, in a way that is akin to a Clockwork Orange, that the live-streamed genocide and its associated apathy desensitise us to the violence, normalise the oppression, dissociate us from its moral failure, or to legitimise the illegitimate. We cannot allow it to clockwork us into a conditioned acceptance of the unthinkable."

[Noor Saghir @NourSaghir]

Pleased to have contributed to the 2nd ed of the Climate Terminology Guide with @IIED & @legalresponse colleagues which includes new examples emerging since the adoption of the #ParisAgreement & focuses on key terms, expressions & buzzwords used in climate negotiations and law!

[IIED @IIED]

DOWNLOAD: Guide to climate negotiations terminology �� https://t.co/re16KIFOVN

This updated guide to the terminology used in climate negotiations is designed as a companion for government and non-government participants in the @UNFCCC #COP29 negotiations. Check it out now!

[LDC Chair @LDCChairUNFCCC]

Done with #COP29 preparatory coordination meetings. Tomorrow, we shift gears to face complex situations with high optimism.

Meet some of the faces driving change for 45 LDCs & 1.1 billion people.
https://t.co/5WeYcSfgvs
https://t.co/Uv2E4Xi4xv

#LDCs #ClimateAction

[LDC Chair @LDCChairUNFCCC]

Pleased to welcome new LDC negotiators to Baku! It's critical we have more voices representing our countries and communities in these vital climate talks. Thanks to @IIED for hosting a training workshop for our new negotiators ahead of #COP29. Together, we can make a difference!

[Noor Saghir @NourSaghir]

This explosion was so powerful that it destroyed tombs in Bachoura cemetery where my grandparents are buried. Even the dead can't escape these psychos. Nothing alive or dead is spared on this land. 💔

[Megaphone @megaphone_news]

نعت #الهيئة_الص��ية_الإسلامية 7 من مسعفيها الذين استشهدوا في مركز #الدفاع_المدني التابع لها في منطقة #الباشورة في #بيروت، ليلاً، إثر غارةٍ إسرائيلية استهدفتهم بشكلٍ مباشر وأصابت آخرين. كانت هذه واحدة من الغارات الـ17 التي استهدفت #بيروت وضاحيتها الجنوبية من بعد منتصف الليل وحتّى فجر اليوم. وقد طال القصف أوتوستراد السيد هادي، والجاموس، وحارة حريك، وبئر العبد، والسان تيريز. #الضاحية_الجنوبية

[Noor Saghir @NourSaghir]

@adamjohnsonCHI Wtf

[Noor Saghir @NourSaghir]

loud explosion heard in Beirut while on the phone with my mom just now, i am shaking. what was that ????

[Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork]

The concluded climate talks under the UNFCCC’s SBs in Bonn, saw Parties finally agree to a further consideration of the Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP) in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 24, after long & intense negotiations on the way forward.

➡️ https://t.co/75LPWhC0Ox

[LDC Chair @LDCChairUNFCCC]

Pleased to conclude a two-day LDC Group Coordination Meeting ahead of #SB60 in Bonn. We had productive discussions and are ready to push for an ambitious and fair global response to the #ClimateCrisis that meets the evolving needs and priorities of our countries and people.

[Noor Saghir @NourSaghir]

En route to #SB60 Bonn Climate Conference @UNFCCC. I will there with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) supporting the LDC Group in diplomacy, negotiations, and capacity building. Happy to connect for chat / coffee if you will be there too! ✨🌳

[Tariq Kenney-Shawa @tksshawa]

Some people are so conditioned to seeing Palestinians as subhuman that words/protest chants calling for their liberation somehow appear not only violent, but more destructive than the 2,000-pound bombs being dropped on Palestinian children, bought & paid for with our tax dollars.

[Jehad Abusalim @JehadAbusalim]

Since the beginning of this genocide, Israel has systematically targeted education in Gaza. In less than six months, the academic lives of 88,000 university students came to a complete halt. Additionally, 555 students lost their scholarships abroad. During this period, FIVE out of SIX major universities in Gaza were completely or partially destroyed, and 70% of all colleges and schools also suffered destruction. Moreover, Israel has killed three university presidents and 95 academics, including deans and instructors, 68 of whom held the title "professor." You might only recognize the name of one of them, primarily because he fought to make his voice heard and his words reach you; yet, this did not protect him or his family from being murdered by Israel.

Over 95 academics and scholars were murdered, and their deaths went unmentioned by mainstream academia, including academic associations, journals, departments, or institutions. Nor was their plight acknowledged by many "radical theorists" on the left, liberal "champions" of representation, or conservatives fighting against "cancel culture," who all chose to remain silent on Palestine. The lives, work, writings, research, and scholarships of our academics were neither mourned nor mentioned. These individuals lost their lives, families, homes, jobs, institutions, and futures. Those who survived are not whining here about "safety" or "feelings." Instead, they are either in Gaza, fighting for their survival, or have become displaced.

Recently, a professor of business administration, now a street vendor in a market in Rafah, was seen selling various goods to support his family. His students recounted how he would smile and greet them, humorously remarking that he was merely applying what he teaches at business school to real life. These individuals have dignity and honor; they understand dedication and sacrifice. They are not superhuman or mythical figures; they are simply humans entitled to respect and humility, not arrogance and bullying—unlike the figures produced by the neoliberal academy, who align themselves with power and oppression, serving the interests of the ruling class under the guise of scholarship and academic freedom.