In this 3rd episode of the 6th season of Planet A, Dan Jørgensen talks to the Danish Climate Ambassador, Tomas Anker Christensen, about the road to COP28 and pushing for higher ambitions through global climate diplomacy.
What is the current status of the four critical UN work streams – mitigation, adaptation, finance as well as loss and damage – and how can we expect to see them addressed at COP28?
With the latest IPCC report in mind, they share their concerns as well as expectations and hopes for the COP-process, the Global Stocktake and the Loss and Damage Fund.
What are the key issues to address on a global diplomatic level at this point, and why is the COP28 in The United Arab Emirates presumably going to be the most important COP since Paris?
Tomas Anker Christensen has served for more than 30 years as a Danish diplomat.
He has held leading positions within global climate governance and the UN.
Among other high-level positions, he has worked as Denmark’s Under-Secretary for Global Challenges, Senior Advisor for Partnerships to the UN Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet to the Presidents of the 70th and 71st Sessions of the UN General Assembly. He has also served as Chief Adviser to the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoys for Climate Action and the Ocean, and as the Danish Ambassador to Egypt and Iran.