The 11 thematic days of COP27, which started on November 6th, were Finance Day, Science Day, Youth and Future Generation Day, Decarbonization Day, Adaptation and Agriculture Day, Gender Day, Water Day, Ace and Civil Society Day, Energy Day, Biodiversity Day, and Solutions Day. The primary actions and results are outlined below.
What happened at COP27
Nov 06th
- The 17th Climate Change Conference of Youth attracted young change-makers from over 140 nations (COY17). You can read more about the role of youth in COP27 here.
- Sameh Shoukry, the foreign minister of Egypt, was chosen as COP27 Loss and damage funding is on the president of COP27’s agenda.
Nov 07th
- World Leaders Gather for Implementation at COP27
Three roundtable meetings with global leaders were held to examine a variety of enduring concerns related to climate change, including Just Transition, Food Security, and Innovative Finance for Climate and Development.
Nov 08th
- Opening of the First-Ever Children and Youth Pavilion at COP27
- Launch of the Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda by the COP27 Presidency
Globally, targets for achieving adaptation outcomes in the areas of food security and agriculture, water and nature, human settlements, ocean and coastal, infrastructure, cross-cutting planning, and cross-cutting financing have been set by 2030.
- As part of COP27 agreements, Egypt and Norway will build a 100MW green hydrogen plant on the Red Sea.
Nov 9th
- The President of COP27 calls on youth to pressure the government into action
President H.E. Sameh Shoukry urged the young to speak up during his address at the Children & Youth Pavilion of COP27, saying, “I depend on your voices.” We’re meant to be in this position to secure your future. And if governments assume their responsibilities, it will only be through your voices, your advocacy, and your inspiration that we will be able to fully enjoy our right to the soil, the woods, and the air and to live a long and prosperous future on our lovely planet. You are the future, and it will be delivered by your voice. Following his address, the COP27 President received a petition from young people campaigning for loss and damage funding following negotiations at the outset of the COP.
- Initiatives are started by COP27 to let African nations invest in enhancing climate resilience.
- At COP27, Climate Finance begins the agenda for the Thematic Days.
Key issues, such as innovative finance, financing just transition, sovereign debt for sustainability and climate change, and the role of the private sector in resource mobilization, were discussed during the panel discussion on “Climate Finance in a Poly-Crisis Era.”
The necessity for private finance to provide the trillions of dollars needed to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees was emphasized, and ambition, action, and accountability were noted as vital for unlocking investment.
- Conclusions of the COP27 Presidency Climate Implementation Summit.
112 leaders came together on November 8 and 9 under the banner “together for implementation” and recorded the key messages from each roundtable session. the sustainability of vulnerable populations, just transition, innovative finance, green hydrogen, food, and water security, and climate change. You can read the message here.
Nov 10th
- Youth and Future Generation Day at COP27 makes ensuring that younger voices are heard.
- The Importance of Data and Evidence for Implementation is Reiterated by COP27 Science Day
The Egypt COP27 Presidency hosted a number of panels throughout the day, including Uniting Global Scientific Research Efforts to Address Climate Change, Global and Regional Environmental Conventions, Assessments and Outlooks: Africa’s Changing Environment: Improve Africa’s Resilience to Climate Change, which urged the continent’s nations to establish systematic data collection methods, Redirect: COP27 Global Stock-take and the role of research, development, and innovation in addressing climate change In order to fulfill the goals of the Paris Agreement, the Climate Datathon examined the importance of data in the global stock-take.
Nov 11th
- At COP27, Decarbonization Day gives hard-to-reduce sectors priority.
According to COP 27 President H.E. Sameh Shoukry, “The climate issue is existential, overriding, and ever-present, and we need to look at every piece of the puzzle, including the decarbonization of the industrial sectors that sustain the global economy.”
- Decarbonization Day at COP27 Urges Immediate Emission Reductions
- Over $150 Million to Support Africa’s Adaptation to Climate Change is Announced by Egypt and the US
Nov 12th
- Launch of the FAST Initiative by the COP27 Egypt Presidency and FAO to Transform Agrifood Systems and Enhance Food Security
Today at COP27, food, and agriculture for sustainable transformation, or FAST. According to the new plan, donations to climate finance for agriculture and food systems will rise to help the most vulnerable areas. FAST will focus on three priority areas Access to finance, Knowledge and capacity, Policy support, and dialogue.
- Theme Day on Agriculture and Adaptation at COP27 Highlights How to Feed 8 Billion People
Throughout the day, a number of workshops and fresh initiatives underlined the direction that adaptation and climate-resilient agriculture should take. These comprised:
How to prevent, minimize, and deal with loss and damage to infrastructure; defining the future of adaptation innovations and technologies; and food security and climate change.
- Launch of the COP27 Presidency’s Climate Responses for Sustaining Peace Initiative
Nov 13th
Rest day.
Nov 14th
- “We Need to Change Gears Now” President of COP27 Outlines Work to Be Done for Implementation
The COP President laid forth a work schedule to produce an agreement in the COP27 negotiations after consulting with the Parties and Groups involved in the negotiations. This included:
~ She maintained technical discussions with the governing authorities about important issues.
~ She resumed the Presidency’s deliberations on all of the topics at hand.
~ The main political concerns that needed to be resolved were the subject of ministerial consultations.
- The AWARe Initiative is started by the COP27 Presidency to address water security as part of climate change adaptation.
A programme called “Action on Water Adaptation or Resilience” (AWARe) will promote broad-based collaboration to address water-related problems and solutions in the context of climate change adaptation.
AWARe will focus on three priorities for action:
~ Reduce global water loss and increase water supply.
~ Put forth and support the implementation of policies and procedures for joint water-related adaptation action and its co-benefits that have been mutually agreed upon.
~ To accomplish Agenda 2030, in particular SDG 6, encourage cooperation and connections between actions related to water and climate change.
- Institutions and individuals are urged to take action for implementation on the COP27 Thematic Gender Day.
Dr. Maya Morsi, the president of Egypt’s National Council for Women, emphasised that “women are not merely the victims of climate change; they are also powerful agents of change, and their leadership is crucial.” Understanding women in communities, their environmental concerns, realities, and experiences requires a bottom-up approach. See more here.
- Initiative to Support Women as Equal Players in Climate Launched by COP27 Presidency
- The outputs from COP27 may be found here. COP27 focuses on the 50% of the world’s population who will experience water stress by 2025.
Nov 15th
- Top of the COP27 agenda is civil society empowerment.
The role of civil society and NGOs in the climate action process is very vital, according to COP27 President H.E. Sameh Shoukry. A comprehensive societal approach is necessary for effective climate response. From organizations to individuals, we all need to be interested and engaged in taking action and convincing others that action is necessary. This day really captures the spirit of cooperation and implementation.
- Energy Day at COP27 Is Centered on Resolving the Energy Trilemma
COP27 President H.E. Shoukry commented on Energy Day by stating that energy is one of the most carbon-intensive sectors in any economy, making it one of the most crucial areas to implement significant mitigation measures that help address climate change and make the transition to a green economy for the future. The science is clear: by 2030, global emissions must be cut in half, and by 2050, they must be net zero. To do this, we must invest in innovative, clean, cost-effective, widely available, sustainable energy sources.
Nov 16th
- Climate and Biodiversity Are Connected by the COP27 Presidency
To further nature-based solutions, Germany and the IUCN developed the ENACT program. With this program, they focused on 8 different areas.
- On Biodiversity Day, promote and institutionalize efforts to value and protect biodiversity while addressing the negative effects of climate change.
Nov 17th
- Solution Day at COP27
The wide range of climate change challenges may have a variety of potential solutions, from comprehensive, cross-cutting approaches like greening national budgets, sustainable cities, multilevel action, and sustainable transportation to sector-specific approaches like waste management, plastics alternatives, and green building. The private sector provided more precise answers, and start-ups contribute ingenuity and innovation to the fight against climate change.
THE WATER IMPERATIVE FOR CLIMATE ACTION @ COP27
By first lowering the chances of disasters brought on by climate change. Hydrometeorological monitoring and forecasting systems provide early warning of dangers such as floods, droughts, and other hazards. With sufficient precautions, better management of wetlands, dams, and other water storages offers alternatives for preventative actions and emergency responses when such catastrophes occur.
Second, through strengthening your society’s security and resilience to climate change. Good water management promotes gender equality, public health, economic growth, poverty reduction, human rights and livelihoods, and biodiversity preservation.
Lastly, by lowering emissions. Water is necessary to reduce emissions and absorb carbon. Water is a crucial raw material for making hydrogen and growing plants for biofuels. When properly planned, hydropower may be used to generate clean electricity, balance other water needs, and have minimal negative social and environmental impact.
Water management can stabilize the use of solar and wind energy. As with well-managed water in paddy fields and other irrigation systems, wetlands, and reservoirs, well-managed effluents and other wastewater enable reuse and minimize methane and nitrous oxide emissions.
Additionally, water service providers can increase their water and energy efficiency, lessen their dependency on fossil fuels for water treatment and distribution, and stimulate the development of low-emission infrastructure for pumping, desalination, and water harvesting.
Will we achieve the targets on time?
COP27, which was held in Egypt, commemorated the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) thirty years ago and the signing of the Paris Agreement at COP21 seven years ago.
Read here about the accomplishments made by the COP sessions till COP25.
Following are a few quotes from world leaders and activists addressing COP27:
“We must work together through this international framework to solve the worsening conditions on our common planet.” — Alok Sharma, COP26 President
“In 13 years, the central banks of the richest nations embarked in a $25 trillion quantitative easing program. We would have stayed under 1.5°C if we had utilized this money to buy the bonds that financed the energy transition.” — Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, COP26 World Leaders’ Summit
“The 1.5 degrees target of the Paris Agreement may very well elude us unless we increase our current level of climate action, globally and collectively, to fulfill our obligations, improve our NDCs, and increase our adaptive capacities to the impacts of climate change.” — President of COP27, H.E. Sameh Shoukry
However, as for what the world’s climate activists had to say about COP27,
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist, stated that “The Cops are primarily exploited as an occasion for leaders and individuals in power to attract publicity, employing many various types of greenwashing.”
In a speech at COP27, Namugerwa stated that for positive outcomes, the globe “must face certain real facts.”
She noted at the beginning of the conference, “Africa contributes less than 4% of carbon emissions, but we suffer the most. Futures are at risk, primarily for young children. When we talk, we’re not sure if we’re actually heard or if we’re just being ignored.
“It’s not enough for us to have a meeting on climate change once a year; it’s something we need to take seriously all year,” Anya, an African scholar, said.
After weighing the pros and negatives, it becomes obvious that we must act right away and that those in charge must take the required measures to stop human-caused climate change.
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