COP27 diary: see what was highlighted on the 7th day of the Climate Summit

This Saturday (12) the topic of the day at COP was the debate on climate adaptation e farming.

“Authorized” protests

Although protests were banned on the streets of Egypt – which has a strong repressive stance against acts – a demonstration with the presence of hundreds of activists was allowed inside the pavilions of the COP27.

Participants demanded greater effectiveness on the topic of losses and damages – the compensation that less developed countries demand for the climate crisis –, the rights of women and children and political prisoners.

Mexican action

Mexico has announced an improved greenhouse gas emissions target, although it still falls far short of what is needed, according to activists.

COP27: Mexico announces new emissions cuts and investment in clean energy

Mexico will increase its cut in greenhouse gas emissions from 22% to 35% by 2030, as part of a joint investment project in renewable energy with the United States worth US$48 billion – Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard announced at a press conference on Friday (11).

Russian lobby

Representatives from the highest echelons of Russia's fossil fuel industries go “hunting” for new businesses in COP27

According to data compiled by organizations Corporate Accountability, Global Witness e Corporate Europe Observatory, Russian oligarchs and executives linked to the gas giant Gazprom, currently under sanctions imposed by the US and European Union (EU) in response to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, of the oil and gas company Tatnef, sanctioned by the EU, circulate through the summit's corridors. of the oil company Lukoil, in addition to the bank Sberbank, which also faces sanctions in Washington and Brussels.

Marina Silva sets the tone for the new government

The former Minister of the Environment and elected federal deputy Marina Silva (Rede-SP) spoke at the Brazilian hub of the event this Saturday (12). She highlighted the goal of combating all criminal practices to achieve zero deforestation in Brazilian biomes and that Brazil will protect the Amazon with its own means and will not condition it to the arrival of international resources.

Brazil will not condition environmental protection on international financing, says Marina Silva

Brazil will protect the Amazon with its own means and will not condition it on the arrival of international resources – said this Saturday (12), at COP27, former Minister of the Environment Marina Silva, who is part of the president-elect's transition team. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

“We want to get involved”

US climate envoy John Kerry said his country “fully” supports measures to address losses and damages, one of the most controversial issues of these negotiations, and “100% ready” to discuss the issue in detail.

“We engaged with our friends to work on the proposals,” he said at a news conference at COP27 this Saturday (12). 

“We are 100% ready, [President Joe Biden] said, to discuss the issue of losses and damages. That's why it's on the agenda. We want to close.”

banned

The four indigenous and young activists from the USA, who briefly interrupted Joe Biden's speech this Friday (11) with a war cry and a flag, had their accreditation revoked.

Keep an eye on the schedule:

Discussions about gender and water begin next week, on the 14th. Tuesday (15th) is the day to talk about civil society and energy. On the 16th, the subject is biodiversity, and on Thursday (17th), 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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