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"Before we were talking about credits that are inside and outside the NDCs i.e where there are generated and whether you make adjustments on the basis of that. Now we are talking about the credit where it is used- regardless of where it is generated. " - Gilles Dufrasne

"This is a new market, and nobody really knows how it will work out. We have asked for maximum integrity, to close as many loopholes as we can, but the reality is that for a lot of this agreement, we’re uncertain how it’s going to be implemented." - Ana Toni

"More than all the details, Brazil is keen that there is agreement on the rule book and on Article 6. They’re afraid that the multilateral regulatory market will become a huge voluntary market across the world..." - Ana Toni

"Overall, I think this is a text that many will welcome, as a basis for working forward. This clearly shows that the UK Presidency chose, for the most part, to go with higher ambition and then make people try and water it down, rather than choosing the more cautious path of putting in lots of brackets and options." - Jennifer Tollmann

"Another caveat is around low emissions technologies - low emissions being anything that you want it to be. As long as it’s better than a brown coal-fired power station, you could arguably say that it’s lower emissions." - Richie Merzian

"The Australian government's engagement has been more surface than substance. They came to COP26 basically to get away with doing as little as possible." - Richie Merzian

"At COP26, many countries are voicing support for limiting global heating to 1.5C, which is absolutely vital for protecting people’s health and is something the health community wholeheartedly supports. But actual national commitments remain well out of line with that goal, and we’re currently on a course to warming of 2.4C. It's action, not words, that matters." - Jeni Miller

"Paragraph 12b is key- The language is carefully drafted for China to claim it's ‘not re-negotiating Paris,’ [and] for the US to claim current NDCs are not the last word." - Li Shuo

"The text does not reflect the voices of the vulnerable and those in the streets. It completely ignores the calls of Antigua & Barbuda and Tuvalu." - Harjeet Singh

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Alessandra Korap Munduruku

Brazilian Indigenous Activist

Munduruku Group

Ana Toni

Executive Director

Instituto Clima e Sociedade

Beatriz Luraschi

Senior Program Officer

Prince of Wales' International Sustainability Unit

Bernice Lee

Research Director Futures

Chatham House

Bill Hare

CEO

Climate Analytics

Blair Peilin

Global Assembly

Carlos Jipa

President

Federation of Communes Union of Natives of the Amazon

Chibeze Ezekiel

Executive Coordinator

Strategic Youth Network for Development

Chikondi Chabvuta

Southern Africa Advocacy Advisor

CARE

Chom Chaiyabut

Global Assembly

Donald Moncayo

Coordinator

Union of the People Affected by Texaco's Oil Operations

Dr Maria Neira

Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health

World Health Organisation

Eddy Pérez

International Climate Diplomacy Manager

Climate Action Network Canada

Esther Penunia

Secretary General

Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development

Farhana Yamin

Climate Lawyer

Gilles Dufrasne

Policy Officer

Carbon Market Watch

Grace Oluchi

Global Assembly

Harjeet Singh

Senior Advisor

Climate Action Network International

Jeni Miller

Executive Director

Global Climate and Health Alliance

Jennifer Tollmann

Senior Policy Advisor

E3G

Joe Thwaites

Associate

World Resources Institute

Josefina Tunki

President

Government Council of the Shuar Arutam People

Justino Piaguage Lucitante

Leader

Siekopai Community of Katëtsiaya

Kanika Chwala

UN Energy Program Lead

SE4ALL

Kimiko Hirata

International Director

Kiko Network

Laurence Tubiana

CEO

European Climate Foundation

Li Shuo

Senior Global Policy Advisor

Greenpeace China

Lorena González

Senior Associate for UN Climate Finance

World Resources Institute

Malango Mughogho

Managing Director

Zenizeni Sustainable Finance

Marlon Vargas

President

Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Martin Lines

Chair

Nature Friendly Farming Network

Mina Setra

Deputy Secretary General

Alliance of Indigenous People of the Archipelago

Mohamed Adow

Founder and Director

Climate Shift Africa

Rachel Kyte

Dean

The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Raoni Metuktire

Chief

Kayapó People

Richie Merzian

Climate & Energy Program Director

The Australia Institute

Sonia Guajajara

Brazilian Indigenous Leader

Tuntiak Katan

Vice-Coordinator

Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin River

Ulka Kelkar

Climate Programme Director

World Resources Institute India

Verónica Grefa

President

Kichwa Communnity of Toyuca

Yasmira Moner

Global Assembly

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