If you are in Marrakech or eagerly following the conference from abroad, Twitter will be very useful to stay up-to-date and receive real-time information. It is probably the most reliable tool to keep you in the loop and provide you with news from notable journalists, politicians, diplomats and organisations.
Here are useful, some more, some less obvious Twitter accounts you should keep an eye on before, during and also after COP22:
UN Climate Action
The official Twitter account of the United Nations climate change secretariat shares official information, informs about events and retweets interesting articles. With over 317.000 followers it’s a Twitter champion.
Climate Diplomacy
The ClimateDiplo account will help you stay informed about climate foreign policy and interesting side-events at COP22. Our experts in Marrakech will ensure live coverage throughout the conference! Our climate diplomacy initiative is designed to support action on climate change and promote the role of foreign policy in international climate diplomacy.
Climate-KIC
Climate-KIC is the largest public-private climate change partnership and main EU initiative building a low carbon economy through education, entrepreneurship & innovation. Its frequent tweets are diverse and valuable.
HElHaiteCop22
This is the official account of Ms Hakima El Haite, the Moroccan Minister Delegate in charge of the Environment and Special Climate Change Envoy of Morocco. Her account (en francais) has interesting posts from a Moroccan perspective.
Connect4Climate
Connect4Climate is a global partnership programme launched by the World Bank Group and the Italian Ministry of Environment, joined by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, that takes on climate change by promoting solutions and empowering people to act.
Miguel Arias Cañete
Arias Cañete is EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action in the Juncker Commission and took office on 1 November 2014.
Saleemul Huq
Saleemul Huq is Director of the International Center for Climate Change and Development. (@ICCCAD) and Senior Fellow in the Climate Change Group of the International Institute for Environment and Development (@IIED). He is especially active on his Twitter account, covering a wide range of climate related topics.
E3G
E3G are independent experts on climate diplomacy, energy & finance who work on the transition to a low-carbon economy. The E3G Twitter account takes a foreign policy stance and offers diplomat's briefings, news articles, opinion pieces and policy briefs.
Ed King
Ed King is the editor of Climate Home (@ClimateHome), which offers breaking climate change news and analysis. On his personal Twitter account he provides up-to-date and insightful background on a variety of climate change issues.
Leo Hickman
Leo Hickman is director and editor of the Carbon Brief (@CarbonBrief), a website dedicated to analysis and fact-checking of energy policy and climate change science (with a focus on the UK). Before that he worked as a journalist, editor and author as part of the Guardian environment team (@guardianeco). His Twitter feed gives a broad overview of what is (or should be) on the agenda in climate politics.
Patricia Espinosa
Prior to becoming Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC in May 2016, Patricia Espinosa served as Mexican Ambassador to Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Slovakia and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón. Her Twitter account is certainly interesting and is fed with daily news about the ratification and implementation process.
In case you come across other must-follow Twitter channels touching upon climate diplomacy issues, let us know @ClimateDiplo.
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