Typhoon Hagupit, or Ruby,
made landfall in the Philippines on Saturday, bringing intense rain and causing up to one million people to flee their homes for shelter. The storm threatens to inflict further destruction of areas still recovering from Super Typhoon Haiyan, which struck one year ago. While Hagupit weakened slightly before hitting the country, gusts were still reaching 195km/h as of Saturday evening (Lima time). Our partners pointed to the latest storm as another sign of the importance of developing a Loss & Damage mechanism, to address the impacts of climate change that countries can’t adapt to. One proposal to fund such a mechanism is
a levee on the highest polluting companies, or 'carbon majors', which could generate much-needed revenue to pay for such a mechanism.
For the first time in the UN climate talks history, a number of developed countries - including EU, Denmark, France and Italy - were formally put on the spot, taking questions from their counterparts around the world on their pre-2020 climate action plans as part of a new ‘multilateral assessment’ process. Another round of developed countries will take questions about their climate action plans Monday.
The first round of negotiations over countries’ national contributions to the 2015 agreement and efforts to boost near-term climate action came to a close Saturday evening, while discussions focused on finance in the text elaborating on specific elements of the 2015 agreement continued. Governments were told to expect improved versions of both texts on Monday.
Outside of the negotiations, focus turned to risks to public health from rising temperatures, changing weather patterns and extreme weather events like that currently being witnessed in the Philippines. At an eventorganised by the Global Climate and Health Alliance - and aimed at being a rally cry for the medical community to engage in the international climate process - speakers, researchers and advocates from across the globe, discussed a wide-range of issues from the impacts of air pollution, the role of cities in combating climate and health problems and how the medical community can reduce its emissions.
From our partners
Oil Change International launched a major new report comparing developed countries public funds spent on fossil fuel subsidies to the money they pledged to the Green Climate Fund: Public support from rich/developed countries for fossil fuel exploration totals $26.6 billion each year, while pledges to the Green Climate Fund from those same countries is less than $10 billion.
Hundreds of activists and citizens joined a massive "human banner" image Saturday, highlighting the importance of legal territorial rights for indigenous peoples in global climate conversation.
In a new blog, 350.org asks if negotiators in Lima will wake-up to climate impacts as they are faced with the stark reality of climate change in Latin America.
In the news
The BBC has on-the-ground reports as typhoon Hagupit (or Ruby) makes landfall in the town of Dolores in the eastern Philippines.
As the end of week one of the negotiations, RTCC takes a look at the slow pace of the last week of talks and asks, where has the momentum gone?
The BBC has a video report looking at local impacts in Peru. Focusing on glaciers, the report warns they are ‘melting at an alarming rate.’
Bloomberg also digs deep into climate impacts - specifically sea level rise - and at why adaptation will be vital part of any new climate agreement.
From the Negotiator Trackers
Risalat Khan asks if governments are learning the lesson left by extreme weather events like Hagupit.
Asha Sitati focuses on the plight of four widows of environmental activists killed in Peru earlier this year.
Anna Pérez Català tells the story of loss and damage and how it came into being in the UNFCCC.
Maria Eugenia Rinaudo Mannucci went along to a Latin American finance summit on Saturday and reports back on talks focusing on national approaches to climate finance in the region.
Lots more great Adopt a Negotiator blogs can be found on our website.
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