The busy third day of the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference saw delegates dashing from room to room, trying to keep up with back-to-back negotiating sessions on a variety of topics, from finance to adaptation and loss and damage. In parallel, world leaders issued calls for increased climate action in the High-Level Segment, with some even joining in the negotiations.
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High-Level Segment
Heads of State and Government urged a spirit of cooperation in working together to redirect the world to a climate- and Earth-friendly path.
Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), said fossil fuel companies must pay a global carbon tax to fund loss and damage response, and called for COP 27 to establish a loss and damage fund to be operationalized by 2024.
Polish President Andrzej Duda warned that outsourcing the production of goods does not remove responsibility for the related emissions. Estonian President Alar Karis urged parties to think globally, noting the largest gains for climate can be achieved by supporting efforts beyond national borders.
Negotiations
Negotiations were in full swing on Tuesday, with a seemingly endless stream of discussions taking place through the day. Delegates began to consider draft text on further guidance that would help operationalize all three approaches to cooperative implementation under the Paris Agreement (Article 6).
In the negotiations on long-term climate finance, parties again lamented the failure to deliver on the USD 100 billion finance commitment and called for mechanisms to help fulfill and track its implementation. The consultations on funding arrangements for loss and damage drew some high-level participation, including from a Head of Government, and government ministers. During the consultations, several developing country parties highlighted the importance of these discussions, noting that loss and damage is, for them, a “matter of survival.”
On a number of agenda items, discussions moved from broad exchanges of views towards requesting co-facilitators to prepare draft text.
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National Statements
Azali Assoumani, President of the Comoros
Alar Karis, President of Estonia
Macky Sall, President of Senegal
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe
Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana
Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
Khürelsükh Ukhnaa, President of Mongolia
Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka
Evariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi
Rumen Georgiev Radev, President of Bulgaria
Alexander van der Bellen, President of Austria (R)
Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela
Ghanim AlGhanim, Kuwait
Global Climate Action High-Level Event
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell
COP 27 President Sameh Shoukry
Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP 27
From L-R: Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP 27; COP 27 President Sameh Shoukry; UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell; and Nigel Topping, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP 26
Sophia Kianni, Executive Director, Climate Cardinals
Rajiv Shah, President, the Rockefeller Foundation
From L-R: Bogolo Kenewendo, Africa Director for the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions; Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP 27; Shemara Wikramanayake, CEO, Macquarie Group; and Rajiv Shah, President, the Rockefeller Foundation
Shemara Wikramanayake, CEO, Macquarie Group
Bogolo Kenewendo, Africa Director for the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions
Assessing adaptation needs: findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II’s contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report
From L-R: Hans-Otto Pörtner, Co-Chair, IPCC WGII; Debra Roberts, Co-Chair, IPCC WGII; and Elvira Poloczanska, WGII Technical Support Unit
Hans-Otto Pörtner, Co-Chair, IPCC WGII
Debra Roberts, Co-Chair, IPCC WGII
Johanna Nalau, IPCC Lead Author
Rachel Bezner Kerr, IPCC Lead Author
Contact Groups and Informal Consultations
View of the room during informal consultations on Annex I Reporting
View of the room during the contact group on Long-term Climate Finance
View of the room during informal consultations on the Joint Annual Report of the TEC and CTCN
View of the room during informal consultations on national adaptation plans
Angela Rivera, Colombia
Maria AlJishi, Saudi Arabia
Around the Venue
