COP 27: Climate Change Conference in Sharm El Sheikh

From 6 to 18 November 2022, the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

The COP27 puts a focus on the support of the countries of the global South by the richer industrialised countries, which are responsible for most of the greenhouse gas emissions. The poorer countries are demanding financial compensation for the massive losses and damage already caused by the climate crisis.

Meeting the Paris 1.5 degree limit requires a rapid phase-out of coal, oil and gas, not empty "net zero" promises that rely on risky technologies or compensation mechanisms.

COP27 comes against the backdrop of the human rights crisis and the repression of civil society in Egypt.

COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh — Image credits

Climate justice and human rights

"We’ll never be able to offset our way to keeping global temperature rise below 1.5°C"

Interview

The question of CO2 removals was part of the negotiations on Article 6. 4 of the Paris Climate Agreement at the UN climate conferennce COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. Erika Lennon of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) explains what the issues and concerns were at the conference around this topic.

By Björn Ecklundt

Protest actions at COP27 demanding finance to address loss and damage.

With Loss and Damage Fund, COP27 Delivers Ray of Sunshine in a Darkening Climate Finance Sky

Background

Overall prospects for adequate, timely and predictable climate finance delivery in the scale and quantity needed have further dimmed after COP27.

Eine Fahne mit der Aufschrift COP27 weht im Wind

The Egyptian Human Rights Coalition's petition to the COP27

The Petition

Climate Finance Matters at COP27

Analysis

Rich nations must prove they are willing to hold up their end of the climate bargain of the Paris Agreement at COP27.

By Liane Schalatek

No false solutions to the climate crisis

With the advancing climate crisis, many are promising climate neutrality or net zero emissions in the next 20 to 40 years. Negative emissions are seen as inevitable and geoengineering technologies are also brought into play as possible solutions. However, these technologies do not exist on a large scale and it is also completely proven that they will ever work. At the same time, their use poses massive global risks to ecosystems, biodiversity and people. Hoping for negative emissions prolongs the use of fossil fuels, creates new injustices and postpones the urgently needed drastic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Geoengineering

Dossier

Our web dossier sheds light on the risks of geoengineering for human rights, indigenous and community rights, peace and democracy, food security, biodiversity and ecosystem integrity.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Dossier

We are following the work of the IPCC, currently in the 7th Assessment Cycle, particularly with regard to the topics of net-zero, “overshoot” of 1.5 degrees, and high-risk geoengineering technologies such as solar geoengineering (SRM) and technological CO2 removal (Carbon Dioxide Removal, CDR).

Net-Zero files by CLARA Group

Alliance

CLARA pursues climate solutions that work for people - at community, landscape, and national levels.

Statement against Net-Zero narratives

Petition

The declaration "Real Solutions not Net-Zero" against the Net-Zero narratives was signed by 725 organisations during COP26.

Addressing the climate crisis with real solutions

A Societal Transformation Scenario for Staying Below 1.5°C

Study

The Societal Transfomation Scenario is a global 1.5°C mitigation scenario that challenges the notion of continued global economic growth and its compatibility with ambitious climate targets such as the 1.5°C limit. This summary brings together all the key points.

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Radical Realism for Climate Justice

Dossier

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial is feasible. Our Dossier is a civil society response to the challenge of such a limitation that's also paving the way for climate justice. Because it’s is neither ‘naïve’ nor ‘politically unfeasible’, it is radically realistic.

Climate Finance

Operationalizing finance for loss and damage

Report

This report sets out key principles for loss and damage finance that are grounded in climate justice.

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The Loss and Damage Finance Facility: Why and How

Discussion Paper

The objective of this discussion paper is to contribute to achieving the establishment and operationalization of an Loss and Damage Finance Facility (LDFF) that delivers on the needs of developing countries at speed and scale by explaining the why and how. The paper explains why the LDFF is necessary before turning to an analysis of the governing arrangements and core operational functions for the LDFF.

The German contribution to international climate finance

To the German Climate Finance website

Regional perspectives

Plakat mit dem Text 'Fossil Fuel Fantasy = Carbon Capture Storage'

Climate pragmatism or Faustian bargain? What the new US climate law does—and where it fails

Analysis

The US Congress has passed the most comprehensive American climate legislation ever. With President Biden's signature, the $369 billion package is now law. What's in it?

By Liane Schalatek

Hydrogen

Green Hydrogen

Dossier

Within the energy transition, international trade in green hydrogen and its derivatives will play an important role. But what opportunities and risks does this entail for exporting countries in the global South? What framework is needed to ensure that investments and trade develop from the start with sustainability in mind? The Heinrich Böll Foundation and Bread for the World are exploring these questions in a joint project.

Green hydrogen – hype or beacon of hope?

Report

In the coming years, the global energy system will have to undergo a profound structural change in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. (Green) hydrogen will play an important role in this. This publication provides an easy-to-understand introduction to the topic. It informs about trends in the production and use of hydrogen and the potential challenges.

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