Tag: climate talks
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COP27: Historic shift towards loss and damage financing
The UN climate talks COP27, which closed in Egypt on Saturday, started addressing the symptoms of the climate crisis in a breakthrough decision for the most vulnerable. A historic progress was made with a commitment to set up a financial support structure for the most vulnerable to deal with “loss and damage” caused by the…
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COP27: Focus shift towards setting up Loss and Damage Financial Structure
Little was done to address the causes of global warming
The UN climate talks COP27 closed in Egypt on Saturday started to address the symptoms of the climate crisis in a breakthrough decision for the most vulnerable. A historic progress was made with a commitment to set up for a financial support structure for the most vulnerable to deal with “Loss and Damage” caused by…
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Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 Youth Action Track
Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP2100) Youth Action Track (YAT) is a program designed by Wageningen University (Netherlands) and the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), funded by the Netherlands, to link Bangladeshi young professionals to the BDP2100. Youth were connected to professionals and practitioners working on BDP2100 through dialogue and seminars, and were…
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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
“Swimming against the tide”The Bangladeshi scholar Saleemul Huq has been observing international climate negotiations from the start. In our interview, he assessed the EU’s role. In what sense is the EU important in climate talks? It is extremely important because it is a block of rich nations which are still willing to be ambitious. By contrast, the USA…