COP27 Target for Global South
Samuel Chijioke Okorie
Climate & Environment Specialist || Researcher || Policy analyst || Development Practitioner || UNFCCC SN Advisory Board Member
Climate change has left millions of people with the real-life threatening consequences of higher temperatures, rising seas, fiercer storms and unpredictable rainfall, drought and desertification, etc. There has been a global call to Rapidly reduce emissions which is essential to limit temperature rise and secure a safer planet and future for us all, and also assures us of making major investments to protect communities from severe impacts that will continue to worsen over time which includes irreplaceable losses and irreplaceable damages.
However, efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen adaptation and resilience measures are not sufficient to address the rampant spread of climate impacts, thereby, making climate change-induced loss and damage inevitable.
According to UNFCCC, Loss and damage refer to the consequences of climate change-induced disasters that go beyond what people can adapt to, or when options exist but a community doesn't have the resources to access or utilize them. “Momentum for providing funding to address loss and damage finally gained steam during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in 2021 and continued at the Bonn UN climate negotiations in Germany in June 2022. So far, a handful of developed countries have signalled some level of support for loss and damage financing including Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Scotland and the Belgian province of Wallonia. At the COP27 summit in Egypt this coming November, countries will have a chance to finally establish a mechanism to address this critical need. (Read more about what climate action vulnerable nations need at COP27 with ACT2025’s Call for Enhanced Implementation.)”- World Resource Institute?
Source: UN Climate Change
Forms of Loss and Damage: Economic losses and damages: These are those affected resources, goods and services that are commonly traded in markets. Simply put, economic losses and damages involve climate change-induced impacts that have a negative critical impact on infrastructures, properties and business activities, as well as disrupt supply chains of production and distribution. E.G Countries that export some food resources now import it.
Non-economic losses and damages: This is considered the most devastating, leading to more adverse extreme losses and damages which ties are irreplaceable losses and damages such as the incalculable toll of losing family members, disappearance of cultures, Migration, displacement, disappearance of ancestry origin, drought and desertification, extinction of species, tradition, and increased rate of Gender Based-Violence, Infectious disease outbreak, Unemployment toll, increased hunger and poverty, etc
Loss and Damage Concerns: The discourse on Loss and Damage has generated more awareness, calling on the need for climate—vulnerable countries in dealing with increasingly systemic climate risks and also seeking support from developed in strengthening adaptation and resilience measures:
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Existing Laws for Loss & Damage: There is no existing law or policy or frame for loss and damage; However, The Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage guides and oversees the implementation of the functions of the L&D Mechanism through the workplan Committee. The Executive Committee currently has four thematic expert groups which serve in an advisory role to the work of the Committee. Through these expert groups, the Executive Committee engages a large number of experts, as well as implementing agencies, organizations, and networks with relevant expertise. The focus of the current four thematic expert groups are: slow onset events, non-economic losses, displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change, and comprehensive risk management and transformational approaches. These Thematic groups form a task force that helps to actualize the aim of the thematic group. There has been no legal document that states on clear terms the regulatory approach to loss and damage.?
Conclusion: To reduce loss and damage impact, global emitters have to fund the loss and damage facility, it is a non-negotiable option but a necessity to save the Global South from more devastating losses and damages.
At COP27, all approaches to make sure that loss and damage is financed has to be explored and considered a viable tool for loss and damage finance aimed at assisting the Global South, especially most affected people and Areas in mitigating climate change-induced loss and damage. Also, considering the prevention of climate-induced loss and damage in the long term; risk management and disaster relief facility are essential. Better prevention and risk management would facilitate the minimization of the adverse effects of climate change disasters and creates opportunities to transform systems and societies, sustainably. Risk-centred reduction approach should be integrated into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of countries. And to reach the most vulnerable people and areas, guidance and assistance are needed in accessing them. Sustainable, adequate, and practicable finance for addressing underlying drivers and risks for climate change-induced losses and damages, including human mobility is of high importance and should be placed as a top priority at COP27 "The African COP".
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2 年Loss and damage should also be clearly given more priority in NAPAs and also be where the LEG should focus on to develop a solid framework for compensating loss and damage.