Aruna Chandrasekhar
@arunacsekhar.bsky.social
Climate and environmental journalist, writer, docu filmmaker. Covers climate policy @CarbonBrief. “Sekhar” as in “shaker”.📍Mumbai, India. Views, jokes = own.
Happy Halloween from Yerevan 🦇 Everyone at the night of the never-ending nature COP finale is either a zombie or waking up right now. So TL;DR: Humanity’s halftime scorecard on reversing extinctions should scare us. Did countries dodge the worst or put it off for another COP? 👹 piece w/ deets👇🏽
Carbon Brief@carbonbrief.org · 14h agoNEW – COP17: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Yerevan Read here ➡️ buff.ly/8RufsSB #COP17
A tiny cheer from me too- this is *something* out of #CoP17Armenia. Let’s hope financial promises translate in to actual money soon. V much appreciate @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @carbonbrief.org reporting on all these complexities ⬇️
Aruna Chandrasekhar@arunacsekhar.bsky.social · yesterday#COP17 plenary: delegates cheer as the deeply divisive resource mobilisation and nature stocktake decisions are finally adopted in Yerevan.
This really matters for access and benefit sharing - ofc there were pushes for allowing private companies more freedom & self regulation, but making sure countries& communities don’t get ripped off in #DSI is critical #CoP17Armenia
Aruna Chandrasekhar@arunacsekhar.bsky.social · yesterday#COP17: An agreement on paying for genetic data derived from nature – and sharing benefits with countries and communities – was adopted at 5:25 am in Yerevan. Tired negotiators go from an 8hr huddle over fine print to hugs. www.cbd.int/doc/c/b32b/7...
NEW – COP17: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Yerevan Read here ➡️ buff.ly/8RufsSB #COP17
COP17: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Yerevan - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief's in-depth summary and analysis of all of the key outcomes from COP17, the UN's biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia.
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++JUST PUBLISHED++ Carbon Brief’s epic summary of the COP17 nature talks in Armenia has landed. The navigable menu in the article shows all the topics covered within the 10,000-word piece – plus extra updates coming soon. www.carbonbrief.org/cop17-key-ou...
COP17: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Yerevan - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief's in-depth summary and analysis of all of the key outcomes from COP17, the UN's biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia.
carbonbrief.org
Tasked with resolving the toughest fights at #COP17 and urging countries to “stay flexible”, Norway’s Gaute Hansen confirms that he did actually do Ashtanga yoga for 5 years.
#COP17: An agreement on paying for genetic data derived from nature – and sharing benefits with countries and communities – was adopted at 5:25 am in Yerevan. Tired negotiators go from an 8hr huddle over fine print to hugs. www.cbd.int/doc/c/b32b/7...
#COP17 Plenary: Quito, Ecuador will be the host of COP18, in a wildly close vote. Of 108 votes, Quito got 55 votes against 53 for Panama.
#COP17 plenary: delegates cheer as the deeply divisive resource mobilisation and nature stocktake decisions are finally adopted in Yerevan.
#COP17 plenary - Peru calls out offsets: "In the Cali COP, we declared that offsets are not a financial solution. We know that Target 19 [of the nature deal] includes these as a financial instrument. For us, there is no additionality there at all."
"Siang ko behne do." Protests against the mega dam project in Arunachal Pradesh spilled over to the capital, Itanagar, where the crowd chanted to stop the #SiangUpperMultipurposeProject . Scores of people marched on the streets calling for protection of natural resources. Credit: Tazael
#COP17 This one will go down to the wire, if not COP18. There's an attempt to revise a 2006 list (www.cbd.int/doc/decision...) of which countries are developed. Article 20 of the nature convention: developed countries "shall provide" resources for developing countries to implement nature targets.
Aruna Chandrasekhar@arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 5d agoThe deadlocks are real. The biggest is a push by the JUSCANZ bloc of developed countries to "broaden the contributor base" of countries that pay to protect nature to include economies such as China. www.cbd.int/doc/c/97b8/9... Even as they miss 💵 targets. www.carbonbrief.org/cop17-develo...
About to hear from various countries at the COP17 high-level segment plenary Started out with a moment's silence for three people involved in CBD negotiations, including prof Martha Kandawa-Schulz, a Namibian contact group co-chair who passed away in Yerevan last week
There isn't much coming out of #COP17 nature talks. A lot happening behind closed doors, but most journalists are in the dark about the actual fights. With just 4 more days to go, @cop17arm.bsky.social presidency held only its third press interaction today. The next one's on Friday: finale day.
This week, thousands of delegates from around the world are meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, to review progress on key nature targets agreed for 2030. Carbon Brief’s @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org reports from Yerevan.
At #COP17, delegates from across the world gathered at UN biodiversity talks burst into applause after Inger Anderson, UNEP chief, acknowledged last night’s election win in Brazil. “Let me start off by giving a big, big shoutout to Brazil. I’m encouraged to acknowledge this political annoucement.”
#COP17 week 1 vibes dispatch, fresh from Yerevan 👇🏽
Carbon Brief@carbonbrief.org · last wk.DeBriefed: Crossing 1.5C ‘unavoidable’ | IPCC talks ‘disappointment’ | Nature COP explained ✍️ Written by @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org 📝 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/8NMzTA1 Subscribe to DeBriefed ⬇️ www.carbonbrief.org/newsletters
At sundown in Yerevan, Indigenous groups rallied to defend democracy and Brazil’s forests, savannahs and communities ahead of crucial polls this weekend. #COP17 #NatureisPolitical
At sundown in Yerevan, Indigenous groups rallied to defend democracy and Brazil’s forests, savannahs and communities ahead of crucial polls this weekend. #COP17 #NatureisPolitical
NEW – UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’ ✍️ Written by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/RL5y2Wd
Hello from #COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia! I’m here till the gavel goes down next weekend, tracking finance, genetic resources, protests and everything in between for @carbonbrief.org. If you’ve got tips, questions, need an update on the state of play, come and say hi!
NEW – COP17: Developed countries ‘fall far short’ of UN targets for nature finance ✍️ By @arunacsekhar.bsky.social 💬 With comments from June Rubis and Siva Thambisetty Read here: buff.ly/UDjzJlD
DeBriefed: Diesel ‘emergency’ | Brazil deforestation drop | Mumbai’s sea level fears ✍️ Written by @arunacsekhar.bsky.social 📝 Edited by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/eBJWyUk Subscribe to Carbon Brief's newsletters ⬇️ carbonbrief.org/newsletters
NEW – Analysis: Nepal’s $20m ‘loss-and-damage’ claim only covers 0.7% of flood costs | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social w/ comment from @harjeet11.bsky.social Read here: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-nep...
UPDATED – Q&A: Where do the UN secretary general candidates stand on climate change? ✍️ written by @arunacsekhar.bsky.social and @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/pra6lfx
Q&A: Where do the UN secretary general candidates stand on climate change? - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief looks at the UN secretary general candidates’ views on climate change.
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Cropped: Desertification talks | Record ocean temperatures | Colorado water woes ✍️ Written by @arunacsekhar.bsky.social and @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read the online version ➡️ buff.ly/rvcvYaS Subscribe to Carbon Brief's newsletters ➡️ carbonbrief.org/newsletters
In my latest for @thenation.com, Nepali climate expert @manjeetdhakal.bsky.social, head of the UN's Least Developed Countries support team, tells me there are now internal discussions underway about providing emergency Loss and Damage assistance to Nepal. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
How Will Nepal Pay for the Latest Climate Disaster?
An interview with Nepali UN climate expert Manjeet Dhakal on what the massive Himalayan flood will cost Nepal.
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"Nepal is owed s'thing more substantial than sympathy & more useful than a loan charging interest on damage it did not cause.Monitoring of unstable ice & glacial lakes [..] should be funded on a standing basis, with hydrological data crossing borders as a matter of routine rather than negotiation."
The Ice Failed Upstream. The Debt is Downstream.
Nepal is owed something more substantial than sympathy and more useful than a loan charging interest on damage it did not cause. Monitoring of unstable ice and glacial lakes concerns the whole basin a...
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