COP27 diary: see what was highlighted on the 10th day of the Climate Summit

This Wednesday (16), the topic of the day in COP27 was the debate on biodiversity.

It is worth remembering that, next month, the United Nations will hold a COP focused solely on biodiversity – the COP15, that will take place in Canada.

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Biodiversity Agreement

Four of the main architects of the Paris Agreement, including former UN climate change chief Christiana Figueres, have officially called on world leaders to deliver an 'ambitious and transformative' global biodiversity agreement at the upcoming COP15 on biodiversity.

“The climate and nature agendas are intertwined… Only by taking urgent action to halt and reverse nature loss this decade, while continuing to scale up efforts to rapidly decarbonize our economies, can we hope to achieve promessa of the Paris Agreement,” they said in a statement (🇬🇧).

Lula speaks at COP27

One of the highlights of this Wednesday (16) was the president-elect's speech.

On his social networks, journalist Patrick Greenfield – from the British newspaper The Guardian – reported that Lula's speech was one of the most anticipated and that, earlier, a crowd gathered in the room where Amazon governors handed the president-elect a document called Amazon Charter: a common agenda for climate transition. “Senior diplomats, heads of NGOs and the world's media flock to the event trying to catch a glimpse of the Brazilian president-elect when he arrives,” he said.

COP27: Lula wants to hold the conference in the Amazon in 2025

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated, this Wednesday (16), in a sustainable economy panel at COP27 where he received from the governor of Pará, Helder Barbalho, the letter signed by nine governors for a common climate transition agenda for the Amazon. Lula said that the country needs to come out of isolation and confirmed that he will ask the UN for the Amazon to host the conference in 2025. “I'm going to talk to the secretary about holding the COP in Pará or Amazonas,” he said.

Among the various topics covered, Lula stated that the world urgently needs a financial mechanism for losses and damages to face the consequences of climate change.

“We urgently need financial mechanisms to remedy the losses and damages caused by climate change. We can no longer postpone this debate.”

COP27: rich countries join inpromehas to unlock funds for 'loss and damage'

We are on the 4th day of COP27. Throughout the Conference, several developed countriespromethey had to release resources to cover the “loss and damage” caused by climate change in the most vulnerable countries, one of the focuses of the event held in Egypt. Keep an eye on what they are.

Lula was also energetic about the promeThe commitment made by the richest countries, and still unfulfilled, to transfer US$ 100 billion annually to developing countries, starting in 2020, to help them adapt to the effects of the climate change and reduce its emissions. This value was promeheld at COP15, in Copenhagen, in 2009.

Furthermore, the president-elect proposed a global alliance to combat food insecurity and hunger and spoke about a Brazilian candidacy to host a COP in 2025. Find out more about Lula's speech at:

Lula at COP27: “Brazil is back”

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was received at COP27 with applause. Lula emphasized that he was there – even before assuming the presidency of the Republic – “because the world is in a hurry to see Brazil participating in discussions about the future of the planet”. The speech took place in the so-called “Blue Zone”, of the United Nations (UN), with the presence of Sameh Shoukry, president of COP27 and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.

G20 demonstration

After the leak of preliminary text of this year's G20 agreement, published this Tuesday (15) by the newspaper The Guardian*, caused disappointment as it watered down the terms on financing for climate adaptation and did not mention a 2023 date for the payment of the expected US$100 billion per year. The group published an announcement (*) this Wednesday morning (16) – during the meeting in Bali, Indonesia – which offered some relief:

“Noting IPCC assessments that the impact of climate change will be much smaller with a temperature increase of 1,5°C compared to 2°C, we have decided to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5° W. This will require actions and withpromesignificant and effective development of all countries”.

Later, the G20 Final Declaration was released, where leaders agreed to pursue efforts to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1,5°C, including accelerating action to gradually reduce coal use.

Clean Energy Coalition

Also this Wednesday (16), Brazilian organizations participating in the COP27, launched the Clean Energy Coalition, a movement that defends a socially fair and natural gas-free energy transition.

The group is formed by the Institute of Energy and Environment (IEMA), Arayara International Institute, Institute of Socioeconomic Studies (Inesc), Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection (Idec), ClimaInfo and Instituto Pólis.

The launch of the coalition took place during a panel at Brazil Climate Action Hub, a space set up by Brazilian civil society at the climate summit to present proposals that help the country and the world implement the changes necessary for a low-carbon economy.

Keep an eye on the schedule:

This Thursday (17), the debate will be about climate solutions.

The United Nations (UN) International Conference on Climate Change – COP27 – began last Sunday (6), in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. COP is the UN's major annual event whose objective is to discuss actions aimed at combating climate change. 

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