The Secretariat invented a proposal, they bracketed the entire annex, and the whole row went quiet when it mattered.

What you’ll hear:

• The non-paper dropped overnight. I cross-referenced it with the IIFB position paper and party submissions to find the gaps. I walk through what I found and what the room missed.

• The informal advisory group proposal may not fly. The Secretariat admitted it was not prompted by a COP decision. One party put brackets on the entire annex. I e…