Executive Summary 2 COP26 online characteristics: 2 Groups and actor behaviour: 2 COP26 as a turning point? 2 Introduction 3 Project Scope 4 Methodology 5 Analytical TargetingOverview of collection 6 Note on Sources 7 I. The shape of COP26 online: sl

The project was particularly interested in understanding the nature of the anti-climate conversation and dissent around COP26 - with a focus on the role of traditional denial, delay and dissent type actors, and with a view to observing the various ways in which climate sceptic groups might undermine the legitimacy and the outcomes of the COP process. [...] seemed to set COP on the finance track and make the most of the fact that the G20 had This aspect of the finance discussion placed climate finance at the heart of the managed to engage the wider global conversation: Mottley stressed the community, in part given the group’s consequences of finance and adaptation diversity (including the national leaders, continuously falling short of both promises. [...] Given the involvement of the financial sector in the The online discussion around these topics financing of fossils, the sector has little was extremely critical of governments and credibility and is not trusted by the public the tone accusatory. [...] The theme made the most of the fact that the G20 had dominated social media narratives on the placed climate finance at the heart of the last day of COP. [...] The objectives of each side are vastly The UK and the US seem to be at the different, but in the context of online forefront of these developments - the UK’s conversations the worthiness of Thunberg et net Zero Watch party and its ties to the al’s objectives and messages may get lost Conservative party, the US Republicans and, at worst, get used by climate policy continues support for Trump views.