New Book: Sharm el-Sheikh Climate News Updates (Nov. 2022)

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About the Book - This is a compilation of 17 News Updates prepared by the Third World Network for and during the United Nations Climate Change Conference – encompassing the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27), the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 17), the fourth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 4), as well as the 57th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 57) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 57) – held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6 to 20 November 2022.

Contents Note. Sharm el-Sheikh News Updates                                                              

1. COP 27 – An “Implementation COP” to save people and planet 

2. Climate negotiations kick off after smooth adoption of agendas

3. Cooperation on loss and damage is not charity but climate justice – says G77

4. Clarion calls to avoid “highway to climate hell”

5. Call for loss and damage fund which is fit for purpose

6. Adaptation fund pledges unfulfilled – say developing countries

7. Need for framework on the global goal on adaptation – say developing countries

8. Draft texts in brackets submitted for further negotiations

9. Negotiations shift into high gear

10. Finance issues continue to be deadlocked

11. Pressure on for COP 27 successful conclusion

12. Landmark win on loss and damage fund

13. COP 27 delivered on its promise – say developing countries

14. The contentious issues at COP 27

15. Decision on adaptation goal diluted due to stance of developed countries

16. Finance outcomes at Sharm el-Sheikh

17. Contentious issues over Article 6 of Paris Agreement on “cooperative approaches”

- Third World Network