Policy Coordinator @CANEurope. Mostly #climatechange and what we should do about it. #ClimateFinance geek. Internationalist. Views my own.
Brussels, Belgium
Joined February 2012
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Rachel Simon retweeted
#COP28 So foreign minister @ignaziocassis just admitted in parliament that the new #Swiss pledges of 170 Mio. for @theGCF and other UN funds are part of an existing climate-related aid budget (ODA double counting), decided years ago. That means: no additional finance! @CANEurope
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1/4. At #COP28, the pledges to the #LossAndDamage Fund total only $700m or just 0.2% of the $400 billion needed each year to address #LossAndDamage. To show just how small these pledges are, here they are in comparison to the earnings of the highest paid footballers in 2023.
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#EU reaction now at the latest text on fossil fuels phase out: disappointing because the science is clear.
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👋 Dear EU
✊ The #LossAndDamage Fund deserves more than just words at #COP28.
✅ Stop bargaining and #MakePollutersPay to #FillTheFund!
Rachel Simon retweeted
Today, the Fossil of the Day award goes to:
🇪🇺The EU🇪🇺
For continously opposing to include #LossAndDamage in the #COP28 negotiations of the
New Collective Quantified Goal.
A clear signal that EU doesn't want to secure long-term
finance for those affected by climate change.
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🔥 Mobilization has been, and is, a key tool for Climate Movement at COPs throughout the time.
✊🏽 Despite challenges at #COP28 and worldwide, activists continue to unite for change.
Read our new blog 👉🏽caneurope.org/cop28-mobilisa…
ALT Cover for a blog at www.caneurope.org. COP & Mobilisation: In shrinking space for civil society, even the colors we wear have become a tool for protest
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📍 Bournemouth
📍 Lancashire
📍 Brighton
📍 Glasgow
Today trade unionists have shut down 4 sites in Britain which produce components for the F-35 fighter jet currently being used in Israel's bombardment of Gaza. #StopArmingIsrael
Rachel Simon retweeted
#EU is preaching water, but still drinking wine?🍷
EU’s call for #COP28 to make progress on fixing the world’s financial flows does not match their efforts to regulate their financial flows fuelling the #climatecrisis.
More in last report: shorturl.at/lGS25 #FundOurFuture
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Important to see that @eucommission joins this new global tax taskforce led by France & Kenya.
Taxes must target big polluters - #fossilfuels #aviation #shipping #finance and be equitable.
At the same time, we need global #taxjustice reform to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
@CAREfrance @greenpeacefr & @oxfamfrance saluent le lancement de la taskforce pilotée par la 🇫🇷 & le 🇰🇪 sur la fiscalité intl pour financer le climat & le développement. Ce groupe de travail doit aboutir à la taxation des compagnies les➕polluantes❗️
carefrance.org/actualites/co…
Rachel Simon retweeted
NEW: Norway joins partnership at #COP28 to end intl' public finance for fossil fuels, pledging to #StopFundingFossils within 12 months! 🎉
But laggards still remain. @JoeBiden, @Bundeskanzler , @ItalyMFA - keep your #StopFundingFossils promise!
Press📰: priceofoil.org/2023/12/02/no…
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Today at #COP28, world leaders are presenting their pledges at the World #ClimateAction Summit - #WCAS.
For the 🇪🇺, @EU_Commission @vonderleyen and @eucopresident Charles Michel join national heads of state and government.
Here's what they're saying. 🧵
xitter.cf/vonderleyen/status/173…
This COP28 is about ambition, targets and finance.
Europe has consistently delivered on the $100 billion climate finance target.
And we help get the new Loss & Damage Fund up and running, with €25 million. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1yNxaZDNZ…
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📢 The #COP28UAE starts in less than 24 hours. @CAREfrance and @greenpeacefr seize this opportunity to convey a critical message in @lemondefr : #MakePollutersPay !
Don't hesitate to sign the petition👉agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions…
The EU has announced its total climate finance contributions to 'developing countries' for 2022:
EUR 28.5 billion public climate finance
EUR 11.9 billion mobilised private finance
consilium.europa.eu/en/press…
What do these numbers really mean?! Thread….
In 2022 54% of #EU #climatefinance went to adaptation or cross-cutting action
This remains the same as in 2021, with share for adaptation alone not clear
EU says for #COP28 it wants to be at forefront of ⬆️ adaptation finance: more action needed on this caneurope.org/press-release-…
In previous yrs #EU has reported, but not communicated prominently on its mobilised private finance.
Putting out a number - EUR 11.9 billion - seems an effort to provide reassurance on the $100 billion.
To be credible the EU must take conservative approaches to counting it.
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📢 The European Parliament has just voted to set out its priorities for #COP28.
The Parliament urges the European Commission and Member States to ramp up #climateaction and finance ahead of COP28.
Here’s all you need to know about the outcome. 👇
caneurope.org/reaction-europ…