Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Climate journalist @Devex | @Pulitzer grantee | Former editor of @Nature Briefing: Anthropocene | @HLuceFdn scholar | @LSEGeography | @ColumbiaGS
- With USAID dismantled, #Germany’s @BMZ is now the world’s largest aid agency. Minister Reem Alabali Radovan just unveiled a massive overhaul to meet the moment: - Focus on the poorest nations - Africa & Ukraine prioritized - Pivot to private sector & loans www.devex.com/news/germany...
- Reposted by Jesse Chase-LubitzWhat is it like being at COP30? Devex’s @jessechaselubitz.bsky.social provides an update on the logistics of getting around the conference venue in Belém and some of the conversations that are happening at the summit. #COP30 #climatechange #Belem
- Don't know much about climate adaptation finance? Here's a video to help 📹 @devex.com m.youtube.com/watch?v=jRCS...
- Huge crowd today to watch Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Governor Gavin Newsom of California, Mayor Gavin Buckley of Annapolis and Mayor Van Johnson of Savannah. This is likely to be one of the few events featuring any level of US leadership at @cop30brazil.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jesse Chase-LubitzCOP30 is officially underway! Devex’s @jessechaselubitz.bsky.social is on the ground and provides an update from the conference. #COP30 #Belem #climatechange #climateaction
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- Halfway through the “decisive decade,” global #climate action is slipping. A new WRI report finds not one of 45 climate indicators is on track. Check out my @devex.com story www.devex.com/news/45-clim...
- Reposted by Jesse Chase-LubitzDevex's @jessechaselubitz.bsky.social speaks to experts to unpack the political and philosophical debates holding the sector back and highlight what can be done to improve services worldwide. Read the full article on the topic⬇️
- Reposted by Jesse Chase-LubitzCheck out @jessechaselubitz.bsky.social's full story.⬇️
- Reposted by Jesse Chase-Lubitz🔴HAPPENING NOW: We are in Rome for COP16 and are waiting as heads of delegations negotiate a new draft on resource mobilization. 📸Photo credits: @jessechaselubitz.bsky.social
- Final day of #COP16.2 in Rome today and basically everything is still on the table. It’s a tight deadline. Based on meeting rules, everything has to be finished within 13 hours. So either delegates find a middle ground by 11pm or parties would have to agree on yet another extension. @devex.com
- Following along at the resumed #COP16 meetings today in #Rome on biodiversity. These are expected to be a streamlined version of the official meetings in October. The pressure is on delegates to conclude the unfinished business of Colombia. Today’s focus: resource mobilization @devex.com
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- #Afghanistan still relies on the U.S. for aid. Since the #USAID stop-work order, its currency has devalued, its hospitals are struggling to function, and NGOs are panicking trying to figure out what the #waivers cover. Read our coverage on the reverberations of the USAID freeze @devex.com
- One of the many fatalities of the USAID order is a #climate program, SERVIR, which has spent the last 20 years helping countries foresee and prepare for #disasters. It has saved lives and, experts say, helped stave off migration into the U.S. Read more @devex.com 👇 www.devex.com/news/trump-f...
- With #USAID frozen, #climate programs will undoubtedly suffer. 🌍 Under the last Trump administration, organizations were able to "fly climate under the radar" but some humanitarian officials say "it’s not going to be as easy to just tweak the language this time around." @devex.com
- On Thursday, a USAID-funded resource that provides early warning alerts on famines went offline and company emails bounced back. Officials are outraged, nervous, and sad. “Holy shit. FEWS NET is like the Bible," one official told us. "We rely on them." @devex.com www.devex.com/news/usaid-f...
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- It's big year for climate action and there's a lot to keep track of. I’ve broken down the key milestones to watch — from Trump's #inauguration to #COP30 in Brazil. Take a look 👇 devex.shorthandstories.com/the-climate-...
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- Excellent investigation (as always) by @peter-yeung.bsky.social into how water is flowing to companies like Coca-Cola rather than to residents. This is keeping residents reliant on the sugary drink while restricting their access to safe water. www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
- My latest for @devex.com, summarized for me by @felixfinkbeiner.bsky.social!
- In Mayotte, 3/4 of the population live below the national poverty line. But because they are a French jurisdiction, most of its needs must be met by, or approved by, the French government.
- Some island experts say that these "subnational island jurisdictions" known, charmingly, as SNIJs, don't get the right preparation and support because they are ruled by big developed continental nations that don't understand island vulnerability.
- The French seem to be meeting the moment. They are sending air and sea convoys, a field hospital, and materials to rebuild. But the island was not prepared to deal with this, and #climatechange is only going to make these disasters more frequent.
- Reposted by Jesse Chase-LubitzAlmost 100 countries & 12 international organizations appeared before the International Court of Justice, seeking to clarify the duties that high-emitting countries have to fight climate change. It’s the largest case the UN has ever seen, Devex climate reporter @jessechaselubitz.bsky.social writes.
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- I feel like @nytimes.com is having a little fun with this now. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/u...
- Agreed. A few big falsehoods here that @theguardian.com let through
- 2:40am and we have a deal: $300 billion will flow from north to south countries…with a few new caveats. Keep an eye out for @Devex’s coverage.
- India say “this has been an unfortunate incident” and “we are extremely, extremely disappointed.”
- Bolivia is joining India in "rejecting" the deal. We don't know what this means yet, as the decision has been gavelled in.
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View full threadThe European Union has begun speaking in response to NCQG, as well. They highlighted that "all countries that have ability to contribute should do so," referring to an an article that enhances MDB accounting. Demonstrators seem to be coughing (?) in reaction. It didn't catch on.
- We’re still here. It’s 1am. No new text but Panama delegation head says there have been some good conversations and that “he sees the light”
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- Biggest news of the night so far is that Article 6.2 and 6.4 were passed, which means that the world now how have formalized rules for a carbon market. Keep yours eyes peeled for a story in @Devex next week explaining this further.
- The plenary room is filling up at 8pm local. No one knows what negotiators are planning to disclose.
- The COP president is going through articles and gaveling in what’s approved. NCQG — the big one — is article 11a. That’s not on the list of issues to be approved.
- Some big wigs are huddled in the corner nearby: Kenya, USA, Colombia… on the side of the plenary.
- Sierra Leone, South Africa and Egypt were also there. We expect a text soon.
- I’m hearing that Australian minister of climate change and energy, Mark Bowen, is already on the plane home.
- We’re coming up to the 7pm planned closing plenary session, but unsure whether it’s happening/what will be announced
- Least Developed Countries, or LDCs have walked out of the main meeting, telling developed countries to call them back when their demands are being met.
- The Association of Small Island Developing States put out a statement. “We have presently removed ourselves from the stalled NCQG discussions, which were not offering a progressive way forward.”
- This whole show is turning into a game of “who can trick the journalists into running.” A stampede of us just followed a mystery delegate and when he left our view everyone was asking who he was
- The U.S. delegation left the meeting (I assume temporarily) and was followed by an intimidating press huddle. A few activists yelled “shame” behind them in fashionable Game of Thrones manner
- New text out a 3:00 pm Azerbaijan time commits $300 billion with a 2035 deadline.
- One of the biggest changes we’re seeing in the text is that “outflows” from Multilateral Development Banks will now be counted towards the total amount agreed upon.
- This would mean that developed countries don’t have to give quite as much in order to reach the goal… whatever it may be.
- Delegate heads have gone into a meeting now to discuss a new deal. Developing countries are angry. "Our delegations are leaving already," said #Panama's delegation head, Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez. Every minute that passes our delegations get weaker and weaker and weaker." 🧵
- "They don't have that issue," he added. "They have massive delegations with people that come freshly bathed and with their mind up to speed. I've only slept 2.5 hours."
- He said that any low goal will require a revision of the time frame down from 2035.
- The UN Secretariat has messaged saying that this text was incorrect and "not to read anything into it." #climate
- New #NCQG document was leaked from this morning at 11:00am Azerbaijan time. The document holds the $250 billion target with only slight differences in wording 👇
