COP29 Reels you don’t want to miss

Carlos Berríos Polanco, a talented journalist from Puerto Rico, brought the energy and urgency of COP29 to life with a series of impactful reels. His creative storytelling offers a uniquely Caribbean perspective on the critical discussions, challenges, and outcomes of the UN Climate Summit, with a focus on the unique position of Puerto Rico, as a colony of the United States.

From the fight for equitable climate finance to the voices advocating for loss and damage solutions, Carlos’s work sheds light on the stories that matter most to our region. 🌴 His reels capture the essence of resilience, advocacy, and the unyielding call for climate justice.

Check out his compelling COP29 coverage below and experience the summit through his lens. 🎬

• Do you know what COP29 is and how it affects environmental public policy?
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• Will countries from the Global North cough up what they owe the Global South? 
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• Puerto Rico’s location in the Caribbean makes it one of the countries worst affected by climate change. However, it does not have any formal representation at COPs. Instead, it has to rely on the US to advocate on its behalf, which it rarely does.
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• The day before COP29 was set to end, it still was not clear how much money developed nations would give to developing nations. Developing countries were trying to get at least $1.3 trillion per year in the form of grants for climate finance.
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• On the last day of COP29, civil society organisations and the Alliance of Small Island States were frustrated with the proposed amount of climate financing, far below the $1.3 trillion dollars per year in grants they were hoping to receive.
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• As COP29 ran into overtime and negotiations were looking like they were about to collapse with exhaustion, countries agreed to “triple” finance to developing countries, from the previous goal of USD 100 billion annually to USD 300 billion annually by 2035. This may seem significant, but it is a far cry from the $1.3 trillion per year that developing countries in grants developing countries were demanding and the $5 trillion per year that experts say developed countries can provide. 
  
  Many delegates, scientists, and activists left Baku disappointed and betrayed at the conference’s failure to reach an agreement which saw grants prioritised in the financing scheme. Some are calling for the COP process to be reformed, echoing a letter released last week signed by climate leaders.
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These stories were produced with the support of Climate Tracker’s COP29 Caribbean Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship.