The loss and damage cycle requires holistic, integrated, and continuous climate financing urgently from local, national, and international government and non-government actors.
COP28 offered progress, albeit slow; but time is a luxury that nations like Bangladesh cannot afford.
COP28 failed to bring about the desired outcomes, including a strong commitment to phase out fossil fuels.
Although a major COP28 outcome, the agreement to transition away from fossil fuels bears weak language and does not invoke much confidence.
We seem to be regressing instead of progressing to tackle the problem head on.
Cop28 promises much, but fails to deliver the means
The COP28 Presidency released a proposed text of a final climate deal on Wednesday that would, for the first time, push nations to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of climate change.
World, local leaders must come up with a better response
It is almost certain that in the end, some progress would be made on some of the contentious issues, but a decision to act on key areas will most likely be kicked down the road once again.
The reality is that the Paris summit ended without any major announcements.
One of the outcomes of the COP26 held in United Kingdom’s Glasgow in November, 2021 was a decision to hold a series of three annual Glasgow Dialogues on funding to address Loss and Damage, with each dialogue to be held in Bonn at the annual pre-COP event.
During the annual COP, all the world’s media turn up to follow the negotiations on different topics, and many civil society actors, especially the youth, make great efforts to attend.
What we called mitigation before is now better described as averting or avoiding loss and damage
2023 is going to be much more challenging in terms of the actual impacts of climate change in Bangladesh and around the world
Attribution Science can play a leading role in figuring out which countries the money should flow to
We need visionary leaders to deal with the impending climate catastrophe.