Seemingly Unattainable Unanimity in COP27

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In the first Committee Session on Sunday morning the COP 27 is debating about a draft resolution called “Sharm-el-Sheikh-Agreement”. The delegates were able to agree on a “bare minimum of consensus”, as Maldives put it, for numerous aspects regarding energy dependency and green energy development. Nevertheless, there still seem to be upcoming issues.

A Clever Attempt to Structure the Debate

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The G20 states are approaching the improvement of sustainable resource mobilisation in a well-structured manner. On Saturday morning their resolution on the topic of the Restoration of International Supply Chains to guarantee Food Security failed because the Russian Federation vetoed it. Seemingly willing to tackle the new topic more efficiently, they are currently discussing the issue of sustainable resource mobilisation in split groups.