December 1, 2022
Last year's climate COP 26 in Glasgow, Scotland, was billed as the most important conference in the history of humanity. But it failed to deliver. If anything, that failure added urgency for global climate action at COP 27 in Egypt last month.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/12/cop-27-global-cop/
December 14, 2022
As COP27 was coming to a close, the leader of the Youth Constayituency of UNFCCC declared in an emotion-choked voice that "Incredible young people from the global North and the global South are standing together in solidarity asking for action. We need to look for more than hope. We need those in power to actually listen and implement the solutions”.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/12/cop27-fails-women-girls-high-time-redefine-multilateralism-part-3/
December 13, 2022
The African women and Girls were deeply concerned about the lack of commitment by UNFCCC Parties as climate change continues to impact negatively on the continent victimizing more women and girls.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/12/cop27-fails-women-girls-high-time-redefine-multilaterism/
December 12, 2022
Three weeks have gone by since the much-ballyhooed mega-gathering of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), generally known by its easy-to-say-and-remember title - COP27, concluded at the resort city Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/12/cop27-fails-women-girls-high-time-redefine-multilateralism/
November 24, 2022
It’s finally over. After the anticipation and build-up to COP27, the biggest climate meeting of the year is now in our rear-view mirror. The crowds of delegates that thronged the Sharm el-Sheikh international convention center for two long weeks have all headed home to recover. Many will be fatigued from long hours and sleepless nights as negotiators tried to seal a deal that would move the world forwards. Did all this hard work pay off? In our opinion, COP 27 was both better and worse than we’d hoped.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27-success-failure/
November 22, 2022
COP 27 delivered on what was the ‘litmus test’ for its success – consensus on the establishment of a fund on loss and damage. What seemed impossible was made possible, largely due to the unity of the G77 and China and the role of the Egyptian Presidency. Also important were efforts by civil society groups who put pressure on the United States, the main blocker to having the fund.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27-landmark-win-loss-damage-fund/
November 20, 2022
They were on the brink of shipwreck and did not leave happy, but did feel satisfied that they got the best they could. The countries of the global South achieved something decisive at COP27: the creation of a special fund to address the damage and loss caused by climate change in the most vulnerable nations.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/loss-damage-fund-saves-cop27-abyss/
After a tense impasse and many hours of negotiations, almost 200 countries struck a deal to set up a loss and damage fund to assist nations worst hit by climate change – a demand considered not-negotiable by the developing countries.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27-historic-loss-damage-fund-takes-cop27-edge/
November 18, 2022
The Pacific Island Countries (PICs) – 14 small island developing nations in the Pacific Ocean - comprise one of the most exposed and vulnerable regions to climate change and natural calamities. The region did not cause this climate crisis; the crisis stemmed from heavy carbon emissions by developed countries. Yet paradoxically, the countries in the region are also the least resourced to adapt to climate change.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27-pacific-region-threat-must-act-now-mobilise-climate-finance/
Food is everything to the culture and identity of the Pacific island countries.
Climate change impacts of rising sea levels and higher temperatures threaten islanders’ food security, which is largely dependent on fisheries and subsistence agriculture. Almost 70 percent of islanders rely on agriculture for their livelihood.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/food-systems-crucial-pacific-islands-cop27/
November 17, 2022
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the negotiators at COP27 that time for talking about loss, and damage finance is over.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27/
At a time when sustainable farming approaches such as agroecology have been removed from the text at ongoing global climate negotiation (COP27) taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, activists are urging African governments to explore new steps to integrate agriculture into the UN climate agreement.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27-africas-agri-food-systems-losses-ignored-in-global-climate-negotiations/
The Middle East and North Africa are the world’s most water-scarce regions – with 11 of the 17 water-stressed countries on the globe.
According to UNICEF, nine out of 10 children live in areas with high or very high-water stress, resulting in significant consequences for their health, cognitive development, and future livelihoods.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27-climate-changes-dire-consequences-in-the-worlds-most-water-scarce-region/
November 16, 2022
COP27 is unlikely to produce new commitments to reduce emissions of climate-changing gases, but the global energy crisis will eventually prompt more action by countries to move away from fossil fuels. That is the positive feeling that many observers are taking away from the annual climate summit being held in Egypt.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/will-global-energy-crisis-accelerate-energy-transition-big-question-cop27/
What happens to a country without land?
As rising sea levels threaten to submerge our home, we have made a radical plan for the survival of our nation.
Watch Tuvaluan Minister Simon Kofe’s address at COP27 and visit
https://www.tuvalu.tv to find out how you can help.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/rising-sea-levels-force-tuvalu-move-metaverse-cop27-speech/
Climate change is an existential threat to humans and our ability to thrive on a healthy planet. But when it comes to rising temperatures, the inability of humankind to slow emissions and limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius isn’t because we lack knowledge or need new technologies.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27-show-money-supported-policy/
Climate change is worsening injustice globally, and the poor and vulnerable communities are the most affected. It is time the world acted on fulfilling human rights and building a liveable planet, says Yamide Dagnet, director for Climate Justice at Open Society Foundations.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/climate-change-exacerbates-vicious-loop-human-rights-abuse/
As it moves to increase its
climate adaptation finance, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched the
EBRD Climate Adaptation Action Plan (CAAP) at COP27, the global climate summit taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/launch-ebrd-climate-adaptation-action-plan-cop27/
November 15, 2022
Lea is a three-year-old from Mexico who loves ladybirds. Siddhiksha, a six-year-old from India, has a passion for trees and wild animals. Rachelle is a 12-year-old Tanzanian who is wise beyond her years. They are smart and adorable and they are among the stars of
a short film that is aiming to remind the leaders taking part in the COP27 UN Climate Conference that they have a duty of care towards young and future generations.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/leaders-told-put-kids-first-cop27/
The latest annual climate conference has begun in the face of a worsening climate crisis and further retreats by rich nations following the energy crisis induced by NATO sanctions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Copping out again
The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is now
meeting in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6 to 18 November 2022.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27-fiddling-world-warms/
November 14, 2022
The only thing Taren Chilia remembers about Cyclone Pam was that it flattened his school in Vanuatu, washing away books, equipment, and – well, almost his dreams too.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/cop27-cyclone-nearly-washed-away-dreams-says-vanuatu-youth-activist/