*[Enwl-eng] Медиа мониторинг: G-7 climate coverage

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      Here is this month's climate diplomacy media monitoring. I hope you 
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      Dorka


      International Media Associate
      Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC)
      E: dorka.bauer at gsccnetwork.org
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      This monthly email is a brief analysis of major themes in recent 
international media coverage of climate and energy. It will be produced 
monthly in the run-up to the COP26 negotiations, which will now take place 
in November 2021 in the UK.



      It provides an assessment of how climate and international diplomacy 
is discussed in English-language international media, based on insight from 
social listening tools, media databases and intel and insight from GSCC's 
network of communications experts.




      THIS MONTH'S KEY OBSERVATIONS

        a.. Coverage of energy, climate and climate diplomacy in 
international media decreased by 50% from the April/May period (estimated 
using Talkwalker). The decrease is due to less climate coverage of the G7, 
compared to last month's buzz surrounding Biden’s Climate Summit.

        b.. Expectations were high ahead of the G7 summit, however, it ended 
with little cause for celebration as countries fell shockingly short on 
climate finance promises. The lack of details, and inability to table more 
ambitious climate pledges, puts Glasgow’s COP26 in jeopardy, experts say.

        c.. In a groundbreaking report the IEA urged an end to new fossil 
fuel exploration, if we are to stay 1.5C aligned. This message, however, was 
not heeded to by the G7. The G7’s commitment to end new coal funding is 
simply not enough, commentators say, with Japan and the US vetoing a date 
for the end of coal.
        d.. Coverage about carbon markets is picking up. Those in support of 
industry-led voluntary carbon markets fear that uncertainties surrounding 
the upcoming Article 6 negotiations are hindering current market 
developments. Others warn that voluntary carbon markets could become a 
greenwashing exercise if accounting and governance issues are not sorted 
out.





      THIS MONTH IN NUMBERS





      INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE




      1. Success in Glasgow hangs in a thread after the G7 failed to agree 
on climate finance details


      As heads of the US, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, the UK and Japan, 
along with peaceful and colorful protesters, coalesced in Cornwall for the 
G7, expectations were high. Ahead of the event everyone from Prince Charles 
to leading CEO’s, scientists and investor groups were hoping that the G7 
would be a climate crisis game-changer. Just the week before, polling showed 
overwhelming public support for G7 nations to help poorer countries cut 
fossil fuels by providing finance. Links between the COVID-19 and climate 
change crises were drawn: among others, Paul Polman, Dr Saleemul Huq, Gordon 
Brown and Tasneem Essop emphasised that the G7 was a crucial opportunity for 
governments to plan an equitable vaccination roll out and to make 
significant progress on the promised $100 billion in climate finance.



      The summit, however, ended with little cause for celebration. The G7 
leaders - who were accompanied by honorary online guests from Australia, 
South Africa, South Korea and India (online) - (re-)agreed to net-zero by 
2050, halving emissions by 2030, “improving” climate finance, 1 billion 
vaccines, and protecting the 1.5C target. Though the outcome looked good on 
the tin, experts were quick to point out that unless countries agreed on 
timelines, details and how to actually provide financial aid and vaccines to 
poorer countries, November’s COP26 in Glasgow will be a flop. As put by 
former UN climate envoy Rachel Kyte: “on the outside the deal looks good, 
but there’s little detail on the inside'' or by Paris Agreement architect 
Laurence Tubiana: “the world's richest democracies have responded [to the 
crisis] with a plan to make a plan”.




      New climate finance commitments at the G7 were so lacking that Boris 
Johnson was left to re-announce previously allocated cash. Only Japan, 
Canada and Germany set out new climate finance pledges, but they came 
nowhere close to filling the finance gap. These new finance pledges were not 
advertised widely by government communications teams and went largely 
unnoticed in the press. Progress on climate finance is a make-or-break issue 
for Glasgow, as experts underlined this month. More optimistically, Laurence 
Tubiana offered her advice to Johnson, saying that though the UK needs to do 
more to reassure the developing world, the path to Paris in 2015 was far 
from smooth either. Experts are now eyeing up the UN General Assembly, to be 
held in September, as the next chance for richer countries to rectify their 
lacking attempts at sorting out the climate finance corundum.



      COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS - COP26 IN GLASGOW HANGS IN A THIN THREAD

      More needed: G7 nations agree to boost climate finance (Reuters)
      G7 reaffirmed goals but failed to provide funds needed to reach them, 
experts say (The Guardian)
      Rich countries urged to come up with detailed plans to cut emissions 
(The Guardian)
      G7 summit: How significant are group's climate pledges? (BBC)
      5 takeaways from Britain’s G7 summit (Politico)

      Aid to the developing world is key to fighting climate change 
(Financial Times)




      2. The G7 fall short on commitments to end coal


      The G7’s commitment to end support for coal production overseas fell 
short of what’s needed. Earlier this month the International Energy Agency 
(IEA) said that an end to new fossil fuel development is required to stay 
below 1.5C. Its new net-zero roadmap was cautiously welcomed by most 
commentators; regarded as a more ambitious call for decarbonisation from the 
traditionally conservative agency. With this in mind, the G7’s inability to 
commit to end coal in their own countries was seen as miles off the mark.



      A G7 end-date for coal was blocked by Japan and the US, despite Biden 
announcing that on issues like climate change “the United States is back”. 
The G7 fell at a particularly sensitive time for President Biden whose push 
for a major infrastructure package has divided Congress - and may depend on 
the vote of just one senator: Joe Manchin, from the coal-dependent state 
Virginia. The lack of coal commitments left protesters disappointed, 
including a hoard of yellow Pikachus targeting Japanese coal, and Extinction 
Rebellion (XR) activists who marched across St. Ives in the hundreds. An XR 
spokesperson described the disappointing summit as putting us “in no better 
position than before the G7 took place”.



      The elephant in the G7 room? Historical responsibility. Myles Allen, 
the Director of Oxford Net Zero, took a look at what was not said at the 
summit. Even though emissions are going down in some G7 nations, this does 
not reverse historical contribution. Today, the G7 nations produce about a 
quarter of the world’s emissions, and have spent over $189 billion on fossil 
fuels bail outs. Looking ahead, Prof. Allen also suggests that countries 
need to get serious about carbon removal, as stopping emissions alone may 
not be enough to heed the Paris goals.



      COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS - THE G7 FALLS SHORT ON COMMITMENTS TO END COAL

      Richest nations agree to end support for coal production overseas (The 
Guardian)
      US and Japan leave G7 stuck on coal (Politico)
      Pikachu pushes for G7 coal phase-out, as leaders begin talks in 
Cornwall (Business Green)
      Why the IEA is ‘calling time’ on the fossil fuel industry (Financial 
Times)

      Climate change: what G7 leaders could have said – but didn’t (The 
Conversation)




      3. Carbon markets and anticipations of Article 6 negotiations

      Carbon market chat is speeding up. Offsets via nature - like planting 
trees - are seen by some companies as key to reaching their climate 
commitments, however, 90% of voluntary nature-based credits fail to meet a 
set of sustainability criteria, a new white paper by carbon capture 
nonprofit enterprise Compensate concluded this month. Bloomberg interviewed 
more than a dozen people involved in a new task force -  headed by Mark 
Carney, CEO of Standard Chartered Plc. and former governor of the Bank of 
England - and found many areas where the proposal remains unclear. A murky 
record of carbon accounting has spurred the creation of the taskforce, which 
hopes to launch a better (private-sector led) pilot market this year. But 
concerns about transparency are growing, and have even led Unilever to 
consider withdrawing their support from the taskforce, Bloomberg reports.



      Some stakeholders, interested in growing voluntary carbon markets, say 
that the uncertainty of COP26 negotiations on Article 6 is holding back 
market developments. Article 6 will decide whether countries can use 
voluntary carbon markets to achieve climate goals. But many worry that no 
agreement will be reached: at the COP26 preparatory talks, held this month, 
discussion on carbon markets reached a ‘stalemate’ according to a senior 
climate diplomat. The eventual goal of a carbon market is emissions 
reductions, but without good regulation and accounting it risks turning into 
a greenwashing machine. Voluntary markets have grown significantly in recent 
years, and according to standard setter Verra, the market will continue to 
grow regardless of the COP26 outcome - the question is just by how much.



      COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS - CARBON MARKET AND ARTICLE 6 NEGOTIATIONS

      Wall Street’s Favorite Climate Solution Is Mired in Disagreements 
(Bloomberg)
      The five biggest reasons carbon offsetting schemes can fail (Euro 
News)
      Uncertainty around Article 6 of Paris Agreements holds back new carbon 
projects (S&P Global)
      Get Ready for Big Political Fights Over Carbon Accounting (Bloomberg)





      INSIGHTS FROM KEY GEOGRAPHIES

      Below is a summary of the media coverage in key countries, and the 
news that helped shape the narrative.





      CHINA

      The coverage of G7 on Chinese media was limited and mostly came from 
state-owned media. Overall, Chinese media took a defensive, hostile framing. 
A popular narrative was to frame the G7 as a venue where the US tried to get 
its allies on board to contain China - the US alternative to Belt and Road 
Initiative, language on Taiwai, Hongkong in the Communique were evidence. 
Splits among G7 countries were particularly highlighted, and the meetings 
were described as unproductive, unsatisfactory.




      SOUTH KOREA

      G7 wasn’t really a big thing in South Korea except for the fact that 
the country was invited to the event. So lots of coverage on it was just 
about the government claiming that the country’s global status has been 
“upgraded” to that of the Group of Seven, and other stories were about China 
under diplomatic pressure and Covid-19 vaccine. G7 wasn’t really linked up 
well with climate in the Korean market.




      INDIA

      The key message from the G7 coverage was about India's need for 
climate finance from the developed countries. Modi's speech reiterating 
India's commitment to climate action and being the only G20 nation on track 
to meet its Paris commitments, made the bulk of G7 wrap-up coverage. 
Environment Minister Javadekar also stressed upon the $1.1 trillion climate 
finance owed by the developed countries for their historic responsibility 
makes India's stand clear for the upcoming multilateral events in the year.




      CANADA

      Canadian coverage of the G7 began on a defensive note, as Canada was 
the only G7 member taking vaccines from Covax but not donating any.  On the 
first day of the G7, a government official leaked to multiple Canadian media 
outlets that Canada would announce a vaccine donation by the end of the G7. 
Canadian coverage mentioned that climate was on the agenda but focused more 
on vaccines and discussions on China. Several wire stories on climate 
finance were picked up by Canadian media outlets. Also in the news - Canada 
hasn't yet released a formal position on waiving vaccine patents though 
Prime Minister Trudeau confirmed Canada is in talks with the WTO on this.




      AUSTRALIA

      The G7+4 meeting marked a perceived softening of pressure on Australia 
on climate, much to the dismay of climate advocates and the joy of the 
Federal Government, fossil fuel companies and right wing media. Despite 
signalling that part of Australia's invitation to the G7 was to press for 
greater climate commitments, Australia emerged diplomatically unscathed, 
claiming support for its "technology not taxes" mantra, with Australian 
Deputy Prime Minister also claiming a win with Japan's insistence on 
excluding so called "abated" coal plants from the declaration to end coal 
power. Australia also secured a Free Trade Deal with the UK with no climate 
commitments. Without external pressure, Australia will likely meander 
towards a non-binding and inadequate net-zero by 2050 target at some point 
this year, while simultaneously continuing to ramp up coal and gas 
exploration and production.




      CLIMATE COVERAGE WITH

      THE HIGHEST SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT

      The English-language articles and social media posts that attracted 
the most attention this month are listed below.



      ARTICLES FROM CLIMATE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOURNALISTS

      ‘America is back’: Biden to outline US policy to Johnson, Putin in 
overseas visit - David Smith
      Energy industry urges government to build back greener ahead of 
COP26 - Dimitris Mavrokefalidis
      Climate change: Morrison government taken to UN by Torres Strait 
Islanders over rising sea levels - Anthony Galloway







      ONLINE MEDIA

      Climate tipping points could topple like dominoes, warn scientists

       Analysis shows significant risk of cascading events even at 2C of 
heating, with severe long-term effects. - The Guardian

      18.5K

      ENGAGEMENT

      Measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide peaked at record levels in 
May

      Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday had reached the 
highest levels since accurate measurements began 63 years ago . - The 
Washington Post

      11K

      ENGAGEMENT

      G7 agrees to stop international funding of coal to limit global 
warming

      Why it matters: "Coal mining has come under pressure this week after 
the International Energy Agency said that no new coal mines should be needed 
if the world is to cut emissions to net zero by 2050,". - Axios

      10.8K

      ENGAGEMENT




      SOCIAL MEDIA

      I congratulate Pakistan and PM @ImranKhanPTI for championing climate 
action and successfully hosting this year’s #WorldEnvironmentDay. Australia 
and Pakistan are committed to support global action on climate change. [Aus] 
is on track to beat our 2030 target under the Paris Agreement . - Dr. 
Geoffrey Shaw - Twitter -

      8.3K

      ENGAGEMENT

      6 months ago @UKinKorea and @BLACKPINK launched this video to raise 
awareness about #climatechange ahead of @cop26 in  later this year. We hope 
you are continuing to take #ClimateActionInYourArea. Together we can make a 
difference. pic.twitter.com/oYCTsklWCE. - Nik Mehta - Twitter

      8K

      ENGAGEMENT

      "The unspoken subtext of this year’s Cop26 climate conference is clear 
to the young: that we, the suit-wearing, SUV-driving generation, will do our 
best within the limits of what big business can tolerate, and what elderly 
voters will accept." #MindTheGap theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…  - Greta 
Thunberg - Twitter

      5.6K

      ENGAGEMENT





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