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Lisa Tostado unpacks some basics in the first report during her attendance at this year’s COP26 in Glasgow.

Where in the global dialogue is the aspiration for adaptation, equitable climate finance and inclusivity? What practical actions will the global community take to address these cardinal objectives? For African countries - which have contributed least to climate change but remain most vulnerable to its impacts - these objectives are as important as net-zero ambitions.

The causes of the current global gas crisis are now well understood. Europe finds itself the convergence zone of two supply challenges, related to a shortfall of pipeline supplies and simultaneously an inability to attract deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Consequently, going into winter storage levels are low, and prices are extremely high. But the UK has been singled out as being more vulnerable than most, why is this so and what lessons can be learnt from the current situation?

Panel discussion at the "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025" conference, with: Ellen Judson, Senior researcher at CASM, the digital research hub at Demos, London, Felix Kartte, Senior Advisor Reset.Tech, Berlin, Torben Klausa, Journalist at Tagesspiegel and PhD researcher on platform regulation, University of Bielefeld, Jaana Müller-Brehm, Policy Advisor iRights.Lab, Berlin. Moderation: Zora Siebert, Head of EU Policy Programme, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Brussels

Panel discussion at the "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025" conference. Intro statement by Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, Professor University of Hamburg, former Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Discussion with: Ania Helseth, Strategic Policy Manager - EU Affairs, Facebook, Jeanette Hofmann, Professor Free University of Berlin and Principal Investigator WZB Berlin, Andreas Schwab, Member of the European Parliament. Moderation: Geraldine de Bastion

A conversation on civil socirety participation at UN climate negotiations, between Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of Climate Action Network-International and Barbara Unmüßig, President of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.

COP26 takes place against the backdrop of nationalist health policies with daunting consequences, failed promises to adequately scale up climate action and financial support, and an unprecedented push for false solutions that divert global attention from the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels.

The European Union has long sought to play a leadership role in the international climate change negotiations. For the time being, however, it is non-compliant with a procedural obligation under the Paris Agreement: to notify the UNFCCC secretariat of the individual emission levels allocated to each Member State.

At COP26 in Glasgow, past failures and shortcomings in climate finance mobilization and delivery must be ruthlessly addressed by presenting an implementation plan for future improvements.