I wish the opening of the inclusion of their gender on loss and damage in this COP27 did come with that disturbing timeline. I think because when that money comes now, it will be backed up by good intention. Some countries that were loss and damage of us before have started making pledges. So it means they already have them and they can, there's an imagination that they can buy away out of what they have done. And that's even more devastating. Sometimes we encounter guys in the dark suits, as you say, out here and they connect with our pain,. But they are backed up by a political process to be here and they have to throw the line.
The 27th UN convention on climate change, known as COP27, is now underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. When Climate One spoke with Egyptian Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd in October, he argued that progress at this year’s summit would be more rapid than in past years, because this year, the focus is on implementation rather than negotiation.
And for the first time, loss and damage — what richer nations owe poorer ones for the climate impacts their emissions have caused — is on the agenda. How will these issues play out during the conference? Are countries increasing their ambition as promised, and keeping the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees alive? Climate One brings us interviews with those on the ground pushing for meaningful change in Egypt.
Guests:
Preety Bhandari, Senior Advisor, Global Climate Program and the Finance Center, World Resources Institute
Claire Stockwell, Senior Climate Policy Analyst, Climate Analytics
David Munene, Programs Manager, Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa
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