COP29 Co-pilot - Weekly Intel Briefing (20 - 26 Sept 2024)

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Welcome to weekly intel briefings on climate-related news. Find Insights below on what mattered this week, event tracker, media trends, people and organisations to watch as well as the latest updates on COP29 Azerbaijan .

??What mattered this week?

From ~991.3K sources, 6.1K identified stories, summarized into 4 key story clusters)

• COP29 aims to address climate change through consensus-building and financial mechanisms. It will focus on climate finance, particularly the "loss and damage" fund for climate-vulnerable nations, though securing this finance is uncertain.?
• Azerbaijan initiates various climate initiatives ahead of COP29 to enhance global cooperation. They will focus on voluntary climate initiatives, including a $1 billion climate finance fund, energy storage, and methane emission reductions. Financial disagreements persist, with calls for increased contributions from high-emission countries.?
• Brazilian states are enhancing climate policies to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The government of Minas Gerais has established a committee to oversee the implementation of climate action plans and renewable energy policies, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050.?
• Global leaders stress the urgency of ambitious climate plans to meet 1.5°C goals. Upcoming NDC updates are critical for ensuring accountability and driving climate action.

???Upcoming events of interest

• October 9-11: Climate Alliance International Conference in Cascais, Portugal. Organized by Climate Alliance member Cascais (PT) and Climate Alliance Europe, the event will focus on what regions, cities and towns can do to boost climate resilience locally.
• October 15-17: Climate Change Summit 2024 in Bucharest, Romania. This is the largest event in Central and Eastern Europe dedicated to innovative solutions for climate change challenges.

??COP29 Thematic Heatmap

??Emerging themes shaping the COP29 discussion

• Human capital: Human Rights Watch presented a Q&A focusing on the human rights implications of COP29 and the concerns associated with holding the conference in a repressive state that relies heavily on fossil fuels.
• Peace, relief and recovery: In observance of the International Day of Peace, the COP29 Presidency officially launched the COP Truce Appeal, an initiative that calls for a global ceasefire during the COP29 month.
• Food, Agriculture and Water: A regional climate seminar on "Strengthening Climate Measures in the Agro-Food Sector of European and Central Asian Countries" started this week in Baku, Azerbaijan.

????Trending stakeholders in spotlight

1. IPCC - In its latest review, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that global warming was supercharging the planet’s water cycle and causing the weather to swing to increasingly severe extremes.?

2. Alden Meyer - Director of Strategy and Policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists, discussed with the COP29 presidency over its raft of initiatives and had “stressed the need to break the cycle of each presidency putting its own bright, shiny objects on the table as a legacy and claiming success.”

3. Climate Action Network UK (CAN-UK) - Led 71 other civil society organizations in publishing a public letter to the UK Prime Minister to achieve "justice-based outcome(s)" at the upcoming COP29.

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