US EditionThe World Needs a Climate Adaptation Breakthrough at COP30
Developing countries led by the Least Developed Countries group call for tripling adaptation finance by 2030 to address rising climate risks and protect vulnerable communities.
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Belém, the Climate Crossroads: The “A Side” of Adaptation for the Global Future
In 2008, my first Conference of the Parties (COP) on Climate Change in Poznan, Poland, revealed a world that was mobilized but focused on greenhouse gas mitigation and energy transition. Climate adaptation — humanity’s ability to adjust to inevitable changes — was the “B side” of the discussions, a secondary issue. The hope in Copenhagen (COP15, 2009) for a broad consensus on emissions reduction dissipated into a fiasco. The wave of fresh air in…
India will reach COP 30 in Brazil demanding real funding for adaptation and its survival in the face of the lethal heat it already suffers, warning that without that aid it will not be able to give up the coal it needs for its growth, thus forcing the world to choose between financing its present or accepting its development based on fossil fuels. "Without real and accessible financial support, developing countries will not be able to move towar…
RIO DE JANEIRO – “COP30 must be the COP of adaptation,” said the president of the 30th Conference of the Parties on climate change, Brazilian André Corrêa do Lago, in his letter to the international community. Brazil will present at COP30, which will take place in Belém, in the Brazilian Amazon, [...]
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