Climate Strategies at COP27
On Sunday morning, November 20th, COP27 delegates reached a deal: In a historic decision, they agreed to establish a loss and damage fund for countries that are “particularly vulnerable”. Despite efforts from a broad coalition of countries, the agreement fails to mention the phase-out of all fossil fuels and there’s no mention of oil and gas at all.
Browse through the list below to watch recordings of our events at COP27. Missed our booth? Get a quick intro to our network and projects. We also launched a new report on just transitions in Kenya.
Re-watch all episodes of #COPChronicles, our daily video updates from COP27. Here’s our Managing Director Andrzej Błachowicz with his reflections on this year’s COP.
COP27 event recaps
During COP27, Climate Strategies hosted this high-level invite-only dinner.
Watch a recording of our COP27 side event to find out how finance can accelerate a just transition around the globe.
This EU Commission/World Bank event on just transition built on experience in European coal regions.
This COP27 event discussed if and how other countries can follow Denmark’s lead in phasing out oil and gas.
Climate Strategies’ Nicole Kempis took part in this interactive dialogue on a just transition during COP27.
Watch a recording of the COP27 EEIST event on how policymakers can speed up the low-carbon transition by learning from successes around the globe.
Our projects at COP27
This initiative brings together research institutions across nine countries in the Global South – Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Argentina, Bangladesh, Kenya, Laos, Malawi and Vietnam – in a new approach to develop tailored just transition strategies.
The project will deliver empirically validated modelling tools capable of assessing the impact of energy, innovation and technology-related policy choices to help decision-makers make better decisions on effective policies.
This initiative will develop a better understanding of oil & gas transition scenarios for the North Sea region. It will also co-produce just and feasible transition pathways and create roadmaps for countries facing similar challenges.
The Initiative, established in 2017 as Platform for Coal Regions in Transition, helps European countries, regions, communities and workers to take on the challenge of diversifying the economy while boosting the clean energy transition.
The SNAPFI project – Strengthening National Climate Policy Implementation: Comparative Empirical Learning & Creating Linkages to Climate Finance – explores how transformative change can be enabled by international climate finance through domestic policies in developing countries.
Climate Strategies is part of the consortium that between 2021 and 2023 will be operating the Secretariat of the Initiative for Coal Regions in Transition in Western Balkans and Ukraine.
Coverage of our COP27 engagement
- Interview with Climate Strategies Managing Director Andrzej Błachowicz on COP27 (in Polish)
- Low-carbon culture? Energy transitions urged to prioritise people (Context Climate, with insights from our COP27 side event)
Useful background reading
This new analysis shows Russia’s climate policies are largely falling flat and warns its few remaining partners against climate cooperation with the country.
This report analyses the impact of sanctions on the Russian oil and gas sector and the energy transition more widely. It…
This insights report provides decision-makers with an in-depth analysis of the sanctions’ impact and potential scenarios for the future of Russia’s main coal region, Kuzbass.