Working for years on international climate issues. My optimism (and sometimes frustration) engage only myself. 100ppm rise in CO2 concentrations over my life :(
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For the first time in a quarter of a century I do not expect to participate in the COP this year. My thoughts are with friends and colleagues from many countries who will be at COP29, working to find ways forward to strengthen our collective action to deal with climate change.
I am not in New York for Climate Week this year but I have just returned from a very different climate gathering. Last week, around sixty of us met on the island of Inishbofin off the Atlantic coast of Ireland, at the invitation of @EamonRyan for an extraordinarily rich exchange.
Third, we must value the cultural and spiritual dimension.
Policy alone is insufficient. We need poets, artists, and musicians, alongside people of faith and – like myself – of no faith, to voice our deep connections to nature and to one another.
Inishbofin is a starkly beautiful, windswept, and rainswept island with virtually no trees.
I went there looking for seeds to plant, and I leave confident that what took root will inform the vital conversations ahead.
#ClimateAction #JustTransition #Inishbofin
Paul Watkinson retweeted
🌍@pwatkinson, Paris Agreement climate negotiator, at today’s #StateOfEU calls for more follow-through on climate pledges and explores how cooperation can strengthen action.
❝The Paris Agreement must not be a box-ticking exercise but a learning experience on how everyone can do better. We need to think about how we can work together to do more.❞
Paul Watkinson retweeted
💬@pwatkinson calls for sustained action towards climate goals. #StateOfEU
❝It’s not just about announcements, it’s about delivery. We now have the challenge of making these climate agreements meaningful.❞
Parabéns, good luck to André Corrêa do Lago ! A great choice to lead COP30, a huge challenge ahead.
A COP30, que acontece este ano em Belém, terá como presidente André Corrêa do Lago, atual Secretário de Clima, Energia e Meio Ambiente do @ItamaratyGovBr, e como diretora executiva (CEO), Ana Toni, que atualmente é Secretária Nacional de Mudança do Clima do @mmeioambiente. Sejam bem-vindos! Faremos uma COP30 histórica por um futuro mais justo e sustentável para o nosso planeta.
📸 @ricardostuckert
There are moments when it might be tempting to give in to despair. 2024 was the warmest year on record, the first time we have seen the global average temperature go more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. climate.copernicus.eu/global…
We can improve the multilateral climate process – negotiations are messy, overloaded, and often fails to deliver.