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Who pays? 💸 And why? 🤔 These are fundamental questions for international negotiations on #ClimateChange. Here Nina Ives draws on her research into financial burden-sharing to reflect on upcoming decisions on #ClimateFinance at COP29 Azerbaijan #COP29. ⏬

OECD 23 October 2024 Joint report explores scope for co-ordinated approaches on climate action, carbon pricing, and policy spillovers https://lnkd.in/eCuewWkZ

Climate finance is as well a matter of justice - with economic benefits by avoided climate damages. The Global South must play a big role, while co-financing must be provided by the Global North.

Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators have been warned as experts say poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme weather.

Again Paretto? 😉 The world's top 20 economies have contributed more than 80 percent of the greenhouse gases behind climate change. Global climate finance of an estimated $9 trillion a year is needed by 2030, according to a report last year from the Climate Policy Initiative, to limit the rise in average global temperature in line with 1.5C. #climate #esg #greenhouse #goal #change

On this #WorldEnvironmentDay🌍, we're highlighting work from our experts on the climate crisis' impact on global development. From insights on #climatefinance discussions at the Bonn Climate Conference to suggestions for COP29, catch up on our researchers most recent work on climate, energy, and environment👇 https://bit.ly/45aRCE6

The Bonn Climate Change Conference has come to an end for another year. Next week, we will be sharing our reflections but, in the meantime, you can review the key outcomes in this new article from Carbon Brief: https://lnkd.in/ebnFPiBv

🌍#TBT to an insightful discussion on the road to #COP29! On Oct 30, CANARI’s Resilience Programme Manager, Dr Ainka Granderson, joined UWI SALISES for their webinar on “Navigating the Climate Finance Landscape for Caribbean SIDS.” Dr Granderson explored: 🌿The value of an empowered Caribbean civil society and the role it plays in advancing climate action and accessing climate finance. 🌿CSOs’ crucial role in addressing the climate crisis and advocating for just and equitable outcomes for frontline communities. 🌿Opportunities for CSOs to secure funding were highlighted, that can enable them to increase their impact on the ground. 🌿The work of the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance and other CSOs and activists to actively influence policy decisions and shape the climate agenda, including at COP29. 🌿How civil society efforts promote inclusion, justice, and resilience in climate solutions for Caribbean communities. 📺🔗Missed it? Watch the full webinar here: https://lnkd.in/esedJs7M #ClimateFinance #CaribbeanClimateJusticeNOW #ResilientCaribbean #LocaliseFinance #CivilSocietyAction #CaribbeanClimateJusticeAlliance

Well said Trishant Dev. Bravo! The polluters are not going to pay. They will only lecture and try to make money, while polluting even more. But whoever thought they will pay, live in LaLaLand? Trade negotiators know so well, नाक बंद करो तो मुँह खुलेगा।  Do developing countries have it in them to build a coalition that will force the polluters to pay? What tools could they use? What are developed country dependencies? Cheap imports? Human resources? How can these be leveraged? Which countries should coalesce for which particular sectors? Do we have the long-term will and ambition to make them pay? So an effective real-action-based coalition? Or another carbon-guzzling climate-expensive COP jamboree next year? That's my question to climate experts. MoEF&CC, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi

"Using a securitization lens, this article explores the climate adaptation discourse and its impact on the making and implementation of adaptation strategies in Sweden. The main goal is to discern whether climate change is understood and addressed as a security issue within Swedish climate adaptation policy … The discourses utilized in framing climate adaptation are examined to assess their alignment with threatification, riskification, or normal politics. ...Findings reveal instances of threat- and risk-oriented securitizations of climate adaptation strategy, but most evidence highlights discourses and practices associated with normal politics across governance levels. ... Prioritization of adaptation goals takes place through centralized decision-making, then monitored through accountability mechanisms spanning national, subregional, and local levels." Karina Barquet Mathilda Englund SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute #climateadaptation #climateaction #resilience #Sweden #SEI #AdaptationLeader