Governance Specialist @ Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD)
New York, USA
Joined May 2009
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Michai Robertson retweeted
At #BBNJ #PrepCom2, AOSIS, Brazil & Sierra Leone stressed urgency of making the BBNJ Special Fund work: accessible & predictable finance for SIDS, LDCs & communities; rights-holders at the center; complementarity with GEF; safeguards for private sector engagement.
#SIDSLead🧭
Michai Robertson retweeted
If we do not want to expedite our own extinction, we MUST put aside petty geopolitics.
The world’s most vulnerable must be empowered, not held hostage.
@MichaiRobertson shares the SIDS and @LDCChairUNFCCC struggle for fair #ClimateFinance at #COP29:
bbc.com/news/articles/cpwrlk…
Michai Robertson retweeted
"Climate talks related to the #NCQG have not been as expected. Instead, there is increased discussion on creative accounting, which is problematic for #SIDS. We need access to climate financing to keep 1.5 Alive."
#AOSIS Climate Finance Negotiator, @MichaiRobertson at #COP29
Michai Robertson retweeted
At @COP29_AZ, #AOSIS stands together in intensifying our call for a transformative #NCQG that unlocks the path to keep 1.5 Alive & delivers for mitigation, adaption, and loss & damage response.
#StandUpForSIDS @AOSISChair @MichaiRobertson
Michai Robertson retweeted
Our message is today as urgent as ever. With #COP29Azerbaijan off to an official start, #CimateFinance stands as the make or break issue that will determine the success of our talks. We are telling the media we cannot afford another year of empty promises!
#NCQG
#StandUpForSIDS
Michai Robertson retweeted
What can we expect on #ClimateFinance at #COP29? Watch the recording of our webinar with @MichaiRobertson, @joethw8s, @LiShuo_GP,
@san_lunag & @meganrowling youtube.com/watch?v=NaZu_Kt7…
Michai Robertson retweeted
💸 Join @ClimateHome News Editor @MeganRowling, @san_lunag, @MichaiRobertson & @LiShuo_GP to discuss how governments could overcome divisions and agree a new global climate finance goal in Baku. #COP29
Register here 👉 buff.ly/3NxKp93
Michai Robertson retweeted
🛑NO PLACEBO GOAL ❌
At #COP29 A New Finance Goal #NCQG that fails to ⬆️efforts to Keep 1.5 Alive is not an option.
Anything less threatens the efficacy of the #ParisAgreement.
We must
✅operationalise Article 9 protections
✅help fill implementation gap
aosis.org/informal-ministeri…
Michai Robertson retweeted
36/59. Speaking for @AOSISChair, @MichaiRobertson highlighted that SIDS have always been the voice of reason and what you see with them is what you get: “there is no hidden agenda”. He said that it is quite clear after absorbing interventions and submissions that SIDS are officially in a predicament: “We know that every phrase in the #ParisAgreement was intentional and agreed to and all legal provisions are what all are bound to.”
Michai Robertson retweeted
🚨 NEW report!🚨
➡️ Developing countries face many barriers to accessing climate finance
➡️ So how can access to climate finance be enhanced under the New Collective Quantified Goal?
🖋️ @MichaiRobertson
buff.ly/47noAly
Michai Robertson retweeted
11/21. On Context, @MichaiRobertson for @AOSISChair highlighted that the paper should reflect that #ClimateFinance provision and mobilization contribute to #ClimateAction – holding to well below 1.5°C; looking at #Adaptation and fostering #ClimateResilience and on addressing #LossAndDamage.
Michai Robertson retweeted
Just heard that #hurricaneBeryl is now a CAT 5 storm heading for Jamaica in JUNE. 10 years ago I spoke about working hard to avoid what is now a reality today. My heart is literally broken.
Imagine being a #climateChange negotiator getting laughed out of the room in 2011 for talking about #1point5tostayalive and waking up in 2024 at 1.3C warming to a Cat 4 hurricane in JUNE heading for your home and neighboring islands. I’m scared but mostly Fucking livid.
Michai Robertson retweeted
It is hard watching wealthy nations fall late with past-due #climatefinance while quickly approving new💲 for war or #fossilfuel subsidies.
"It seems like money is always there when it's a more 'real' national priority for the country," @MichaiRobertson
reuters.com/business/environ…
Michai Robertson retweeted
Celebrating the warrior women of AOSIS leading on critical #climatechange issues!
Areas like #JustTransition #Mitigation #Adaptation are critical for small island developing states - at #SB60 we benefited from the guidance of these strong women, including our Lead Negotiator 🙌
Michai Robertson retweeted
AOSIS has published its proposal for a new #climatefinance goal #NCQG to drive 1.5°C ambition across the climate agenda.
Trillions💲must be targeted to the mitigation, adaptation, and #lossanddamage needs and priorities of developing countries
SUBMISSION:
www4.unfccc.int/sites/Submis…
Michai Robertson retweeted
"There is an indiscriminate assumption of corruption on developing countries as highlighted by @miaamormottley last year, this is causing a huge issues for access to finance." @MichaiRobertson, Lead #ClimateFinance Negotiator of @AOSISChair at #TED10 of #NCQG.
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Michai Robertson retweeted
1/3.“War and conflict get trillions already. The international community is wasting money on these issues rather than #ClimateChange which also affects conflict.” @MichaiRobertson makes clear that trillions are available for the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance.
Michai Robertson retweeted
1/3. “We are completely decimated at 1.1°C, I cannot believe the audacity of billionaires who say that 3°C is ok.” @MichaiRobertson, @AOSISChair, Lead Negotiator #ClimateFinance, on why small island states on the front lines of the #ClimateCrisis need scaled up #ClimateFinance.
