COP26: COVID stimulus packages fail to address climate change adaptation, says U.N. report
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: COVID stimulus packages fail to address climate change adaptation, says U.N. report

The Hindu  

Developing countries need to spend up to 10 times more public money than current levels to implement climate adaptation measures that would minimize harm caused by more frequent droughts, flooding and other weather extremes, according to a United Nations report published on November 4. But in 2019, climate financing to developing countries for mitigating emissions, adaptation, planning and implementation was $79.6 billion, according to "The Gathering Storm: The Adaptation Gap Report 2021." The report cites the World Bank's "Build Back Better" approach, which helps to identify sustainable long and short-term adaptation measures, such as building more resilient urban development, that would reduce a country's vulnerability to climate shocks. "All over the world people are feeling the adverse impacts of climate change — unexpectedly harsh winter storms, severe drought, locust swarms that destroy crops, life-threatening heat domes, progressive sea level rise that threaten coastal communities," Warner told DW from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. "We must make significant investments in actions that help people and nature cope with and adapt to climate change-related impacts that are already underway," Cross said.

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Can COP29 deliver the big bucks needed to fight climate change?
1 month, 1 week ago

Can COP29 deliver the big bucks needed to fight climate change?

India Today  

On the shores of the Caspian Sea, Baku is welcoming leaders, climate activists, civil society members, and negotiators from over 200 countries with heightened anticipation around setting more ambitious climate finance targets through the proposed New Collective Quantified Goal. The agenda aims to revitalise global climate finance commitments, yet concerns loom over the pace and scale of progress. Across the …

COP29: The climate funds math that needs to be reset, explained
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1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: The climate funds math that needs to be reset, explained

Live Mint  

The 29th annual United Nations climate summit, COP29, started in Azerbaijan this week. The enhanced financial support would help developing countries strengthen their national climate plans, which, too, are due for an update in 2025. COP29 stakes The NCQG would also support climate adaptation—the component of climate action aimed at helping countries adjust to existing climate impacts. "The election result …

Immediate Action Needed: Focus on Cooling and Decentralized Renewable Energy for Climate Adaptation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Immediate Action Needed: Focus on Cooling and Decentralized Renewable Energy for Climate Adaptation

Hindustan Times  

The critical step that needs to be taken in the wake of the mounting climate crisis is to provide resources to communities, especially those that are vulnerable, and equip them to withstand the changing climate. This is where most of the climate plans falter. Financing support for adaptation actions remains alarmingly inadequate. Developing countries that are facing the brunt of …

Unpacking COP28: Charting the landscape of climate finance outcomes
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Unpacking COP28: Charting the landscape of climate finance outcomes

Hindustan Times  

The climate crisis is triggering fresh humanitarian emergencies and exacerbating existing ones, particularly in vulnerable communities. Climate finance has held a significant role in global climate negotiations since 1992, predominantly linked to the aim of mobilising $100 billion annually from developed nations to support developing countries by 2020. Additionally, commitments to the Least Developed Countries Fund and Special Climate crisis …

Global Goal on Adaptation and the road from Dubai
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Global Goal on Adaptation and the road from Dubai

The Hindu  

The 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Dubai, was notable in terms of stopping the lackadaisical approach of the international community to the adaptation concern. A main target in the GGA includes the Parties to the Paris Agreement having “conducted up-to-date assessments of climate hazards, climate change impacts …

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing
1 year ago

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing

The Hindu  

Shortly after the opening ceremony of the 2023 United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, delegates of nations around the world rose in a standing ovation to celebrate a long-awaited agreement to launch a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries recover from climate-related disasters. A brief history of loss and damage “Breakthrough” was the term often used to describe …

Why Cop28 barely scratches the surface on the cost of climate change
1 year ago

Why Cop28 barely scratches the surface on the cost of climate change

The Independent  

When panic-buying hit the UK in March 2020, it was a rare moment: a curious knock-on effect of the emerging Covid pandemic. The rains now are crazy; It is very different to how it was when I was a child.” Robertson is at the Cop28 climate conference in Dubai in his role as lead negotiator for “Loss and Damage” – …

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end
1 year ago

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end

Firstpost  

The draft text expresses concern over the gap between the money needed for adaptation and how much countries are getting, but it doesn’t say exactly how much money is needed for the world to adapt to climate change Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options and agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming as …

COP28 releases crucial document to guide adaptation efforts, disagreement lingers
1 year ago

COP28 releases crucial document to guide adaptation efforts, disagreement lingers

India TV News  

COP28: Just two days before the UN climate talks here are scheduled to end, negotiators on Sunday released a draft document to guide countries' efforts to adapt to climate change and monitor collective progress. Funds crunch According to a UN report released last month, developing countries require USD 215-387 billion annually for climate adaptation, but they are only receiving about …

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it’s key to saving lives, experts say
1 year ago

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it’s key to saving lives, experts say

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here. “The problem is the fact that adaptation is actually the second long long-term goal of the Paris agreement,” said South …

Reparations fund ‘historic’, but real fight begins now: Climate campaigners
1 year ago

Reparations fund ‘historic’, but real fight begins now: Climate campaigners

Al Jazeera  

Experts say the loss and damage fund launched at COP28 is just the first step towards climate justice. The launch of a ‘loss and damage’ fund on Thursday at the start of the United Nations COP28 summit marks a landmark moment but is only the first in a series of necessary steps in the fight for climate justice, say experts …

UK ‘must invest more in climate adaptation amid whiplash of flood and droughts’
1 year, 1 month ago

UK ‘must invest more in climate adaptation amid whiplash of flood and droughts’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government must invest more in climate adaptation amid a “whiplash” of floods and droughts …

Why nature is our shield against climate change
1 year, 6 months ago

Why nature is our shield against climate change

Live Mint  

Biparjoy, Amphan, Mocha, Yaas, Nisarg, Tauktae. We don’t know if climate change causes El Niño but we do know climate change is making existing problems worse. In other parts of India that are being struck increasingly by heat events, city and town action must include the blue and green: trees and water bodies which can help regulate micro climate and …

COP-28 must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, says India
1 year, 10 months ago

COP-28 must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, says India

The Hindu  

The forthcoming United Nations Conference of Parties in Dubai must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, Leena Nandan, Secretary, Environment Ministry said at a public meeting on Friday. Mitigation refers to reducing carbon emissions and historically, countries have wrangled over the deadlines and upper limit of emissions to keep global temperatures from rising 0.5 or 1 degree Celsius from current …

COP-ing with the climate crisis: Top stories that you should not miss
2 years ago

COP-ing with the climate crisis: Top stories that you should not miss

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 21, 2022 13:38 IST Much was made of the “loss and damage” fund announced in November 2022 at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Chandrasekhar writes in his analysis of the COP27 proceedings: “Calling on developing countries to make large contributions to …

COP27 fails to improve on COP26 but loss and damage fund the saving grace
2 years ago

COP27 fails to improve on COP26 but loss and damage fund the saving grace

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 29, 2022 14:31 IST Some 30 years ago, in 1991, the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu put the term “loss and damage” on the table of the UN climate negotiations, which finally saw some tangible progress at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Glasgow declaration …

Climate change causes decline in wildlife - research
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate change causes decline in wildlife - research

The Independent  

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Paying for the loss and damage due to the changing climate
2 years, 1 month ago

Paying for the loss and damage due to the changing climate

The Hindu  

After a fortnight of difficult negotiations at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change — or COP27 — at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the participating nations agreed to set up a new fund to help developing countries address loss and damage from the severe effects of a changing climate. The Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan …

Science-Wise: No COP27 for Poor Nations? Silence on Phasing Down Fossil Fuels May Delay Climate Action
2 years, 1 month ago

Science-Wise: No COP27 for Poor Nations? Silence on Phasing Down Fossil Fuels May Delay Climate Action

News 18  

After two weeks of intense negotiations among 190 nations to finalise a strong global climate deal, the 27th United Nations Climate Summit — COP27 — is finally drawing to a close. It has been over a decade since the rich nations, who continue to emit and disproportionately consume the global carbon budget, committed to providing $100 billion a year to …

COP 27: Where will the funds for mitigation and adaptation come from? | In Focus podcast
2 years, 1 month ago

COP 27: Where will the funds for mitigation and adaptation come from? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The 27th summit of the Conference of Parties in Egypt comes on the back of extreme weather events that seem like a trailer of the climate catastrophe that awaits the planet: epic floods in Pakistan, heat waves in Europe, wildfires in Australia, to name a few. Developing counties need about $2 trillion annually to cut their greenhouse emissions so that …

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

The Hindu  

Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, coastal erosion, cyclones and other weather events exacerbated by climate change, the African continent needs to adapt, but it needs funds to do so, leaders and negotiators from the continent said at the U.N. climate summit. Mr. Shitima said the summit “should provide solutions to the millions of people in the continent,” adding that Africa …

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, …

Climate Change: Show us the money, say developing countries
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Change: Show us the money, say developing countries

Live Mint  

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres said it quite succinctly a few days ago: “We need a global surge in adaptation investment to save millions of lives from climate carnage. Every year, the impacts of the climate crisis—from wildfires to droughts to disastrous flooding and superstorms—are increasing manifold, and in order to cope with this reality, countries need to urgently …

Help the poor to adapt to global warming
2 years, 4 months ago

Help the poor to adapt to global warming

China Daily  

Aerial photo shows farmers working in a paddy field in Xinsongshuqiao village in the city of Yiyang, Central China's Hunan province, July 13, 2022. So governments and corporations must reduce carbon emissions－and keep fossil fuels in the ground－if they are to limit the damage caused by climate change to people's lives and livelihoods. China, which is also exposed to severe …

Help the poor to adapt to global warming
2 years, 4 months ago

Help the poor to adapt to global warming

China Daily  

Aerial photo shows farmers working in a paddy field in Xinsongshuqiao village in the city of Yiyang, Central China's Hunan province, July 13, 2022. So governments and corporations must reduce carbon emissions－and keep fossil fuels in the ground－if they are to limit the damage caused by climate change to people's lives and livelihoods. China, which is also exposed to severe …

Climate change compensation fight brews ahead of COP27 summit
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate change compensation fight brews ahead of COP27 summit

India Today  

Tensions are mounting ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit, as vulnerable countries ramp up demands for rich countries to pay compensation for losses inflicted on the world’s poorest people by climate change. Wealthy countries also failed to deliver a promise for $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor countries lower emissions and prepare for climate change. "It’s …

‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report
2 years, 9 months ago

‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report

LA Times  

Felisa Benitez, 86, wipes sweat from her brow while taking a break from cleaning a standing electrical fan outside her Pacoima home in August. “If we want to have effective climate change policy, we have to look at those human dimensions, and particularly those equity dimensions, and protecting some of the most vulnerable populations,” said Michael Méndez, an assistant professor …

14 Takeaways From The Latest U.N. Study On Climate Change’s Deadly Toll
2 years, 9 months ago

14 Takeaways From The Latest U.N. Study On Climate Change’s Deadly Toll

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Pollution-fueled climate change has already irreversibly damaged civilization and nature alike, and, while cities have begun to fortify themselves, the catastrophic new temperatures the planet is on track to reach in the coming decades will render much of that adaptation futile. “The cumulative scientific evidence is unequivocal: Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary …

COP26 | ‘Adaptation fund’ from developed countries continues to be a sticking point
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 | ‘Adaptation fund’ from developed countries continues to be a sticking point

The Hindu  

The 26th edition of the United Nations Conference of Parties at Glasgow, Scotland, is yet to seal a final agreement, with talks extending into on November 13. A key demand from several island nations and countries in the African Union has been the establishment of a “Glasgow Facility” that would provide money to countries already suffering from the impacts of …

COP26 wraps with nations agreeing to deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 wraps with nations agreeing to deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe

India Today  

UN climate talks in Scotland ended with a global agreement that aimed at least to keep alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic chance of saving the world from catastrophic climate change. The overarching aim set by conference host Britain was one that climate campaigners and vulnerable countries had found far too …

COP26: As climate damage mounts, poor nations press wealthy to pay up
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: As climate damage mounts, poor nations press wealthy to pay up

India Today  

Poor nations are pressuring their wealthy counterparts at the U.N. climate summit to pay up for the mounting damage being caused by global warming, pointing to increasing powerful storms, cyclones, droughts and floods afflicting their people. A study commissioned by development agency Christian Aid, meanwhile, estimated that climate damage could cost vulnerable countries a fifth of their gross domestic product …

Cop26: UK pledges £290 million to help countries prepare for climate change
3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26: UK pledges £290 million to help countries prepare for climate change

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government is pledging new funding totalling £290 million, largely to help countries across Asia …

Climate finance could make or break COP26 summit. Here’s why
3 years, 1 month ago

Climate finance could make or break COP26 summit. Here’s why

Live Mint  

At the U.N. climate conference, expect one theme to drown out the cacophony of pledges from countries and companies around the world: money. Developed countries confirmed last week they had failed to meet a pledge made in 2009 to provide $100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020. "Their credibility is now shot," said Saleemul Huq, an adviser to …

Rewild and protect land to ensure climate and nature crises are tackled together, scientists urge ahead of Cop26
3 years, 3 months ago

Rewild and protect land to ensure climate and nature crises are tackled together, scientists urge ahead of Cop26

The Independent  

Wild spaces across the world must be restored and protected if the world is to successfully get to grips with the twin climate and nature crises, scientists have said. Ahead of Cop26, the pivotal climate summit taking place in November, researchers called for “major systemic changes” to tackle the world’s mounting environmental challenges. “There’s been growing consensus that the climate …

COP26 urged to prioritise adaptation as climate emergency surges
3 years, 3 months ago

COP26 urged to prioritise adaptation as climate emergency surges

Al Jazeera  

More than 50 officials convening in Rotterdam call for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as ‘urgent’. At a dialogue in Rotterdam convened by the Global Center on Adaptation on Monday, more than 50 ministers and heads of climate organisations and development banks called for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as “urgent”. What Africa needs is to …

Include funds for climate adaptation projects in post COVID-19 recovery urges environment group
3 years, 10 months ago

Include funds for climate adaptation projects in post COVID-19 recovery urges environment group

Firstpost  

An organization that promotes efforts to adapt the environment to cope with the effects of climate change is calling on governments and financiers around the globe to include funding for adaptation projects in their COVID-19 recovery spending. “As governments begin spending trillions of dollars to recover from the pandemic, the world has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a more resilient, …

Climate change should be our priority in the post-pandemic era
4 years ago

Climate change should be our priority in the post-pandemic era

Al Jazeera  

As we prepare to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, governments trying to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 are digging us deeper into the climate crisis. Vulnerable Indigenous and minority communities in the West and the peoples of the Global South already facing myriad developmental problems are sadly on the front line of this global emergency – they …

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