Climate vulnerable in the Global South demand COP26 action
3 years, 1 month ago

Climate vulnerable in the Global South demand COP26 action

Al Jazeera  

Those on the front line of extreme weather say words from world leaders are no longer enough as the climate emergency devastates vulnerable nations. The 55-nation Climate Vulnerable Forum, which advocates for countries in the Global South facing the worst impacts of the climate crisis, told world leaders that words are no longer enough as the climate crisis intensifies. Members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum – which also includes Ethiopia, Vietnam, the Maldives, and the Philippines – said leaders must commit clearly in writing in COP26’s final document to a “Glasgow Emergency Pact“. Singh said negotiations in Glasgow must produce a global fund – paid for by developed nations that caused the emergency – to assist those around the world suffering through the effects of climate change. “The leaders who have come here and made grand announcements about what they’re going to do in the future – 10 years, 20 years, 30 years from now, we cannot trust them if they’re not supporting people right now.” Getting climate reparations acknowledged in COP26’s final communique is crucial for dozens of nations in the Global South.

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Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint  

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

Global South faces climate burden: India highlights challenges at COP29
1 month ago

Global South faces climate burden: India highlights challenges at COP29

India Today  

At the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, India's Minister of State for Environment, Kirti Vardhan Singh, highlighted the critical juncture at which the global community stands in its collective fight against climate change. Speaking on behalf of the Global South, Singh pointed the disproportionate burden faced by developing nations due to climate change. Kirti Vardhan Singh also reiterated that …

The people cracking the world's toughest climate words
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The people cracking the world's toughest climate words

BBC  

The people cracking the world's toughest climate words Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Translators play a crucial role at international climate negotiations When it comes to solving climate change, every word counts. "A lot of these reports that we translate on climate change are written by scientists," says Chen. Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Translating page after page of climate policy under …

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 …

Flooding: A Global Crisis, a Collective Response
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Flooding: A Global Crisis, a Collective Response

Hindustan Times  

The article highlights the devastating impact of flooding across multiple continents, emphasizing the role of climate change in exacerbating the intensity of extreme weather patterns. It showcases the resilience of South Asian and European nations in their disaster response, but also emphasizes the need for improved infrastructure and preparedness in vulnerable communities. The article emphasizes the importance of technology-driven early …

UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’
4 months, 4 weeks ago

UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres urges countries to shift away from fossil fuels to tackle the climate crisis driving extreme heat. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Antonio Guterres said billions of people around the globe are experiencing “an extreme heat epidemic” fuelled by climate change. “Extreme heat is increasingly tearing through economies, widening inequalities, undermining the Sustainable Development Goals, and killing people,” the …

"Nobody and nowhere will be safe": Experts say we can't hide from climate change
11 months, 1 week ago

"Nobody and nowhere will be safe": Experts say we can't hide from climate change

Salon  

In science fiction movies that imagine a climate catastrophe, characters are often driven to flee disastrous conditions and retreat to a safer place to live. Whether seeking the mysterious territory of Dryland in "Waterworld" or fleeing from all northern latitudes in "The Day After Tomorrow," pop culture foregrounds the notion that one can somehow "run away" from climate change. The …

A just transition from climate crisis for vulnerable countries
11 months, 3 weeks ago

A just transition from climate crisis for vulnerable countries

Hindustan Times  

Transitioning to a low-emission world cannot escape the issues of ‘climate justice’ that bring on board the plight of vulnerable communities who are at the receiving end of the climate crisis. About 3.6 billion people in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Least Developed Countries, Small Islands and the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples globally, small-scale food producers and low-income households are …

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 …

As climate threats grow, poor countries still aren't getting enough money to prepare
1 year, 1 month ago

As climate threats grow, poor countries still aren't getting enough money to prepare

NPR  

As climate threats grow, poor countries still aren't getting enough money to prepare Enlarge this image toggle caption Fida Hussain/AFP via Getty Images Fida Hussain/AFP via Getty Images The world is facing more extreme weather that scientists say is fueled by human-driven climate change. Sponsor Message The UN estimates the gap between how much money developing countries need to pay …

The West’s climate crisis is bad news for the Global South too
1 year, 3 months ago

The West’s climate crisis is bad news for the Global South too

Al Jazeera  

Increasing heatwaves, floods and hurricanes in the West threaten to divert climate finance away from developing nations. Against this backdrop, it should surprise no one if richer nations redirect financing that was previously allocated for the Global South’s adaptation efforts, channelling it instead towards domestic recovery efforts. The shift is already noticeable in mechanisms like multilateral climate funds, as highlighted …

Academic calls for North to South 'climate reparations'
1 year, 4 months ago

Academic calls for North to South 'climate reparations'

China Daily  

The Global North should make reparations to compensate the Global South for the damage caused by their past and continuing excessive carbon emissions, Jeremy Webb, a former Australian diplomat and a researcher in environmental economics at the Queensland University of Technology New Zealand, said in an article published on the Pearls and Irritations website on July 18. If a per-capita …

The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it?
1 year, 5 months ago

The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it?

Al Jazeera  

As the world hurtles towards climate devastation, countries like The Gambia, Costa Rica and Morocco may have a fix — if others help them. Costa Rica is one of only nine countries – Morocco and The Gambia are also on this list – whose steps to mitigate climate change are “almost sufficient”, according to Climate Action Tracker. Soon after The …

It’s Time to Put Serious Money on Climate Resilient Development - News18
1 year, 6 months ago

It’s Time to Put Serious Money on Climate Resilient Development - News18

News 18  

Everything, everywhere and all systems together. Mobilising climate finance flows to developing countries One of the challenges of global climate finance is that it needs to address three simultaneous goals. Nearly three-quarters of global climate finance still stay in high-income countries, to avoid the perceived political, regulatory and economic risks of investments in developing countries. Turn-around in global to local …

Climate Change ‘Doom Loop’: How to reclaim the narrative of urgent climate action
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate Change ‘Doom Loop’: How to reclaim the narrative of urgent climate action

Live Mint  

The fight to battle climate change and global heating has always been one led by narrative. Despite decades of irrefutable scientific work that has shown the extent to which we are skirting with global disaster, the reality of climate change and its reason—our energy dependence on fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas—needed to overcome the denial and obfuscation of …

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows ‘unavoidable’ climate action
1 year, 11 months ago

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows ‘unavoidable’ climate action

Al Jazeera  

Rising cost of living, energy and food supply crunches, and heavy national debt threaten to thwart the collective will needed to address the climate crisis, new report says. Climate change is the global economy’s biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis, the World Economic Forum said …

In war-torn states hurt by climate, scant hope for new funds
2 years, 1 month ago

In war-torn states hurt by climate, scant hope for new funds

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. “You have to have strong institutions, which don’t exist …

In war-torn states hurt by climate, scant hope for new funds
2 years, 1 month ago

In war-torn states hurt by climate, scant hope for new funds

Al Jazeera  

Climate vulnerable nations demand ‘innovative ways’ to receive disaster funds, including initiatives on debt relief and help to build government institutions. “You have to have strong institutions, which don’t exist in many countries.” ‘The risk appetite’ Robert Mardini, the director general of the International Committee for the Red Cross, said “close to zero amount of climate finance” is reaching conflict-affected …

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 …

Vulnerable countries demand progress on climate change loss and damage fund
2 years, 1 month ago

Vulnerable countries demand progress on climate change loss and damage fund

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. Small island developing states will no longer stand for delay on loss and damage finance Molwyn Joseph, Aosis chairman …

Fears UK will break climate crisis pledge for poor nations after failure to reveal funding
2 years, 1 month ago

Fears UK will break climate crisis pledge for poor nations after failure to reveal funding

The Independent  

Ministers have been told to come clean on suspicions the UK will break promises to fund climate crisis help for poorer nations, after failing to set out what money is being provided. Campaigners said Rishi Sunak, as he arrives in Egypt, must reveal how much is being provided in so-called “international climate finance”, to help developing countries cope with the …

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 …

Poor nations to demand climate justice, finance at UN summit
2 years, 2 months ago

Poor nations to demand climate justice, finance at UN summit

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The chair of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Egypt has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda. Madeleine Diouf Sarr, who chairs the Least Developed Countries group, told The Associated Press that the November conference — known as COP27 — …

COP27 in Egypt: What to expect from this year’s climate change conference?
2 years, 2 months ago

COP27 in Egypt: What to expect from this year’s climate change conference?

Firstpost  

The Conference of the Parties or COP directs global attention to the climate crisis and measures to tackle it. The COP27 meeting comes on the heels of catastrophic climate disasters ranging from floods in Pakistan to heatwaves in Europe and the United States In a crucial meeting for tackling the climate crisis, almost 200 countries will come together in Egypt …

UN demands money for poor nations dealing with ‘climate chaos’
2 years, 2 months ago

UN demands money for poor nations dealing with ‘climate chaos’

Al Jazeera  

Climate talks known as COP27 in Egypt in November ‘must be the place for serious action on loss and damage’, UN chief says. In a speech to the General Assembly, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said UN climate talks known as COP27 opening in Egypt in November “must be the place for serious action on loss and damage”. ‘Paying a high price’ …

UN urges rich countries for compensation to tackle loss from climate change
2 years, 3 months ago

UN urges rich countries for compensation to tackle loss from climate change

Hindustan Times  

From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it. Pakistan, along with dozens of other developing countries around the world, are scrambling to adapt to the effects of climate change, with …

As cost of climate change rises, UN urges compensation
2 years, 3 months ago

As cost of climate change rises, UN urges compensation

Associated Press  

From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it. Pakistan, along with dozens of other developing countries around the world, are scrambling to adapt to the effects of climate change, with …

Science-Wise: Pakistan Floods Brutal Reminder of How Indian Subcontinent Has Become a 'Climate Crisis Hotspot'
2 years, 3 months ago

Science-Wise: Pakistan Floods Brutal Reminder of How Indian Subcontinent Has Become a 'Climate Crisis Hotspot'

News 18  

Over 1,300 dead, millions displaced and a vast swathe of croplands submerged; Pakistan is facing one of its most devastating floods — the worst since 2010 — that have affected over 33 million people. It was quite unusual the way back-to-back depressions formed in Bay of Bengal this August, and all charted the same course across Central India up to …

Five things to know for Africa Climate Week
2 years, 3 months ago

Five things to know for Africa Climate Week

Al Jazeera  

Facing deadly drought, historic floods, and extreme weather events, African politicians, civil society, and business leaders will voice calls for urgent action. The United Nations’ Africa Climate Week begins on Monday in Libreville, Gabon, with more than 1,000 participants expected to tackle the climate emergency as it intensifies throughout the continent. With severe drought, raging floods, and extreme weather bearing …

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 …

Climate change is devastating the Global South
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate change is devastating the Global South

Al Jazeera  

Right now in India and Pakistan, a record-breaking heatwave is impacting the daily lives of nearly a billion people. Despite the negligible contribution that most vulnerable countries have made to cause climate change, these countries are the most ambitious in tackling it – but they cannot fight this crisis on their own. The decisions adopted at the UN’s COP26 climate …

Work towards a robust climate action now
2 years, 8 months ago

Work towards a robust climate action now

Hindustan Times  

We are in the middle of a global climate emergency that affects every aspect of our lives and civilisation. As greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise despite widely promised climate action by the world’s biggest carbon polluters, a global warming increase of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, a target set by world leaders when the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, …

Rich countries can’t wash their hands off with net-zero targets
2 years, 9 months ago

Rich countries can’t wash their hands off with net-zero targets

Live Mint  

The sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change comes in four parts, three of them by three different working groups, while the fourth integrates the findings of the three working group reports into a synthesis. If the developed countries carry out the expenditure on sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere the expensive way and on carrying …

‘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 …

Editorial: Climate catastrophe is already here. What will it take for the world to act?
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: Climate catastrophe is already here. What will it take for the world to act?

LA Times  

A new United Nations report blares dire warnings of the escalating effects of climate change: Our planet is no longer on the brink of catastrophe; the catastrophe is well underway. In a sweeping assessment released Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists from across the globe found that climate change is causing “dangerous and widespread disruption” to billions …

Half the world threatened by climate crisis: Latest IPCC report
2 years, 9 months ago

Half the world threatened by climate crisis: Latest IPCC report

Hindustan Times  

At least half the world’s population lives in regions vulnerable to the climate crisis, which has become complex, with several interacting factors likely to increase food prices, reduce household incomes, and lead to malnutrition and climate-related deaths, especially in tropical regions, according to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was released Monday. Mass mortality events …

The climate crisis worsens
2 years, 9 months ago

The climate crisis worsens

Hindustan Times  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, released on Monday, is an unvarnished account of the expanding footprint of the climate crisis on the world. Mass mortality events on land and ocean; first climate-driven extinctions; loss of hundreds of local species; death and disease due to extreme heat are some of the …

Over three billion people vulnerable to climate change: IPCC report
2 years, 9 months ago

Over three billion people vulnerable to climate change: IPCC report

India Today  

The United Nations on Monday released the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that stated that 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate change. The report identifying human-induced action as the prime cause of climate change stated that it is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world. People …

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 …

Window to save ourselves from climate change 'rapidly closing', IPCC warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Window to save ourselves from climate change 'rapidly closing', IPCC warns

ABC  

The world’s climate scientists and governments have declared climate change is now a threat to human wellbeing and warned we are about to miss the window to “secure a liveable and sustainable future for all”. Regardless of our actions now, the report says regional and urban areas will face irreversible changes that will impact millions of people's lives, including: Sea …

Urgent action needed to address climate change’s catastrophic threats, U.N. report warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Urgent action needed to address climate change’s catastrophic threats, U.N. report warns

LA Times  

A new United Nations report says climate change poses major threats to people and ecosystems around the world, and warns that effects could be catastrophic if humanity fails to quickly curb planet-heating emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. “The world’s biggest polluters are guilty of arson of our only home.” The report, which was released Monday by the Intergovernmental …

Why are poorer countries bearing the brunt of climate crisis?
3 years, 1 month ago

Why are poorer countries bearing the brunt of climate crisis?

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 Low-income nations are more exposed to environmental hazards and pollution and have a harder time …

What was achieved at the COP26 climate summit?
3 years, 1 month ago

What was achieved at the COP26 climate summit?

Live Mint  

“When will leaders lead? Encourage member nations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change —the Conference of Parties, or COP—to present improved national decarbonisation plans that will limit global warming rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius; adopt resolutions that call for phasing out fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas; get wealthy nations to deliver on climate finance to …

The heavy lifting on climate action must begin
3 years, 1 month ago

The heavy lifting on climate action must begin

The Hindu  

Will the recently concluded, and much reported on, Glasgow climate meeting make a difference to humanity’s efforts to address global climate change? Hits and misses Yet, Glasgow was necessary for stronger action to address climate change because it put in place levers that stimulate domestic processes, such as the formulation of domestic pledges or ‘Nationally Determined Contributions’. Nonetheless, the term …

COP26: Climate Deal Struck at Glasgow With India's Coal Pushback, UN Says 'Not Enough'
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: Climate Deal Struck at Glasgow With India's Coal Pushback, UN Says 'Not Enough'

News 18  

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have accepted a new climate agreement after the COP26 summit in Glasgow concluded its extra time plenary on Saturday with a deal, which recognises India’s intervention for the world to “phase down” rather than “phase out” fossil fuels. Several countries criticised the change on fossil fuels promoted by India, even as Union Environment Minister Bhupender …

‘Betrayal of people, planet’: World reacts to COP26 climate pact
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Betrayal of people, planet’: World reacts to COP26 climate pact

Al Jazeera  

Mixed reactions to Glasgow Climate Pact as UN, US, China welcome deal and activists denounce more ‘blah blah blah’ from two weeks of talks. “It’s time to go into emergency mode.” US climate envoy John Kerry welcomed the agreement, saying good compromises leave everyone slightly unsatisfied. “There’s still a long, long way to go before we can say we’ve dealt …

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 …

The climate crisis is about the Global South’s present
3 years, 1 month ago

The climate crisis is about the Global South’s present

Al Jazeera  

COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, was an event where less than 0.0004 percent of the population met to negotiate our lives. This exclusion becomes a refusal to acknowledge the proximity of the climate crisis and casts it as a problem of the future when millions are dying today. Our campaigns and conversations focused on the future, and they did not measure …

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