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Developed countries can’t get out of paying for climate impacts
On the last official day of the 26th UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland last year, over 150 countries representing more than five billion people put forward a proposal for the creation of the Glasgow Facility on Financing Loss and Damage to combat human-induced climate change as part of the final Glasgow Climate Pact.…
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Why COP26 failed to address loss and damage from climate change
On 9 August 2021, the science working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report showed that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C of warming since 1850-1900. Climate change is not just what is happening now and will happen in the future but also what has been happening…
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If finance is not agreed, nothing is agreed
Where do we stand after COP26 and where to go?World leaders, delegates from the nation countries recently gathered in the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) hosted in partnership between the UK and Italy in November 2021 in Glasgow to agree on a path forward for tackling global warming. Parties debated over the issues on net zero-emission, Loss and Damage, Mitigation and Adaptation, Finance, Transparency…
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Outcome on capacity building at COP26
The GWP-ACE has laid out elaborate action programs at local, national and international levels
The Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended a few weeks ago. Its outcomes have received mixed reviews by observers and media. Some have touted it as a success, or partially successful and some others have dubbed it as a failure. I think the level of success…
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LDC youth at COP26
There is still hope for progress in loss and damage
Tensions were high going into the Conference of Parties (COP) 26 at the Scottish Events Campus (SEC), Glasgow, Scotland, this year. COP this year was held from November 1 to 12. From the looks of this year’s COP, the goal of keeping the rising global temperature to 1.5 Celsius was still the major point…
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The plight of loss and damage finance at COP 26
Key consensuses and disagreements
‘Loss and Damage’ (L&D) is a term used in climate negotiations to describe the unavoidable effects of climate change which has become increasingly evident in recent years, such as severe storms, major wildfires, frequent floods, heatwaves, droughts and so on. This year, at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26), L&D…
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Loss and damage in developing countries: Impacts, evidence and what next
Three key challenges in addressing loss and damage in the vulnerable developing countries emerged during case studies presentations by six LDC countries
As manifested through recent climatic events in different countries across the world, loss and damage from climate change is a real and increasing threat to the most vulnerable communities, particularly in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). However, due to its highly political nature, the topic, despite being a question of survival for the vulnerable countries,…
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If finance is not agreed, nothing is agreed
Where do we stand after COP26 and where to go?
World leaders, delegates from the nation countries recently gathered in the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) hosted in partnership between the UK and Italy in November 2021 in Glasgow to agree on a path forward for tackling global warming. Parties debated over the issues on net zero-emission, Loss and Damage, Mitigation and Adaptation,…
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Tackling the climate crisis needs daily actions
We are living in the era of impacts by human-induced climate change, which requires actions by everyone on the planet every single day if we are going to reach the goals set to tackle the climate crisis by 2030. We have no time to lose; every single day counts. This means that we can no…
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‘I am quite disheartened by the outcome of COP26’
Interview with leading climate policy expert Saleemul HuqOne of the veterans of the COP summit, Dr Saleemul Huq once again attended the conference last month. Regarded as one of the most influential climate scientists and policy experts in the world, Huq is widely cited in the international media and advocacy literature when it comes to climate change policy issues. The Bangladeshi academic…
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CLIMATE-RESILIENT MIGRANT-FRIENDLY TOWNS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
For the last few years, ever increasing climate change impacts resulting from the new normal of extreme events are becoming a rude fact of life around the world. The findings of the Working Group-1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in August 2021 again provides mortal warnings about the impending climate crisis.…
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How to influence the COP process
Climate Tribune | December 2021 “How to influence the COP process: ICCCAD’s role in COP26” Articles in the series ‘I am quite disheartened by the outcome of COP26’ (INTERVIEW WITH LEADING CLIMATE POLICY EXPERT SALEEMUL HUQ) by Magnus Mayeen Ahmed ‘Outcome on capacity building at COP26’ by Prof Mizan R Khan ‘If finance is not agreed,nothing is…