Esme Stallard
Climate reporter in Baku

image source, Reuters

As we’ve said quite a few times now, it’s manic around here and I’m aware we’ve been throwing acronyms at you left, right and centre.

So a quick review of how these calls work.

All the nations of the world are present and negotiating for the best outcome for their people.

But there is power in numbers.

So many countries meet and agree on a common position on something, and negotiate as a group.

And there are many different groups.

The European Union is one of them, but the largest and perhaps most powerful group here is one called the G77+China.

This is the group of the world’s developing countries, and it is now much larger than 77 countries – but that’s how many were in the group when it first started.

Another is AOSIS – that is the group of small island countries.

They are negotiating together because they have a shared experience of being at the forefront of climate change, especially rising sea levels.