{"id":251,"date":"2021-12-06T00:30:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T00:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/?p=251"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:13:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:13:31","slug":"the-exponential-destruction-uncovered-dilemma-in-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/the-exponential-destruction-uncovered-dilemma-in-climate-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Loss and Damage; The Dilemma in Climate Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Anthropogenic activities across the globe have contributed massively to the climate crisis, which has brought serious effects on human lives and the environment. Climate analytics defined \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/climateanalytics.org\/briefings\/loss-and-damage\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/climateanalytics.org\/briefings\/loss-and-damage\" target=\"_blank\">Loss and Damage<\/a>\u201d as climate impacts surpassing the adaptive capacity of countries, communities and ecosystems. This tragedy is taking a great pace in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and other developing countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Small Islands, Big Impact on Climate Action | United Nations | COP26 | Climate Action | Maldives\" width=\"793\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i2uPAHJbkMU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Slow but rolling impacts like extreme temperatures, rising sea levels, and extreme weather events like cyclones, hurricanes and floods are among the hazards that have led to disasters in different parts of these nations. With the existing and projected emission scenarios, the existing adaptation strategies will not save the purpose. It is time for the developed nations to work strategically with vulnerable countries to finance sustainable approaches while providing technical support to minimize the risks as &#8220;there is no one-size-fits-all solution&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:55% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/07\/Leaders-COP26-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-504 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/07\/Leaders-COP26-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/07\/Leaders-COP26-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/07\/Leaders-COP26-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">In the early two weeks of November 2021, the UN climate conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/ukcop26.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ukcop26.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COP26<\/a> was held in Glasgow and it was appreciated to be a critical time for the leaders to come up with great commitments and plans for serving the globe from reaching 1.5<sup>o<\/sup>C by 2030 while harmonizing on the pledges for serving the vulnerable nations from the climate crisis. Photo credit: ODG. (2021, December 5). <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/odg.cat\/en\/publication\/what-came-out-of-cop26\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What came out of COP26?<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">In the early two weeks of November 2021, the UN Climate Conference, COP26 was held in Glasgow. It was appreciated to be a critical time for leaders to come up with great commitments and plans for serving the globe from reaching 1.5<sup>o<\/sup>C by 2030 while harmonizing on the pledges for serving the vulnerable nations from the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/12\/1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/12\/1-1.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/12\/1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/12\/1-1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">For nearly a decade, \u201cLoss and Damage\u201d has been a subject at the annual UN Climate Change Conferences (COPs). This marked the formation of the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for Loss and Damage in 2013, \u201cLoss and Damaged\u201d in the Paris Agreement (Article 8) in 2015 and the incorporation of \u201cLoss and Damage\u201d into the Paris Agreement\u2019s&nbsp;transparency and global stocktake in 2018. \u201cLoss and Damage\u201d have been well documented since the Paris Agreement in 2015 but with less emphasis during climate conferences. During COP26, leaders from vulnerable nations presented clearly how their  citizens suffer from the existing climate impacts and mentioned that &#8220;climate emergency is a matter of life or death for their people&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">LDCs, SIDS and other developing countries had a lot of hopes of winning the commitments to compensate for the prevailing and future damage caused by industrialized nations. In East Africa; a Kenyan delegate elucidated how climate-caused drought brought starvation to 2.1 million people. From the Islands of Tuvalu in the Pacific, leaders, representatives, stakeholders, indigenous people and local communities conveyed the message on the climate crisis and how it has affected their area and called for immediate actions from developed nations. Sea level rise threatens Tuvalu Island as it is at risk of vanishing if no immediate actions will be taken. Also, World Bank reported in October 2021 that a \u201crise in sea level could affect Marshall Island\u2019s status as a nation\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/07\/loss-and-damage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/07\/loss-and-damage.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/07\/loss-and-damage-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Photo credit: Commonwealth Foundation. (2021, September 24). <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commonwealthfoundation.com\/caribbean-priorities-for-cop26-adaptation-mitigation-and-access-to-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aurora Herrera reports on the formidable climate challenges facing the Caribbean and people&#8217;s hopes and expectations for COP26.<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The Island kid and a private citizen leading climate change actions &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=69EMd4csZRY\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=69EMd4csZRY\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> reminded the leaders to serve the Islands as they are at high risks of climate change impacts and it should not take years to solve these challenges but to \u201cAct Now\u201d. Obama quoted an old Hawaiian saying, \u2018Pupukahi I Holomua\u2019 \u2018unite to move forward. \u201cIt\u2019s a reminder that if you want to paddle a canoe, you better all be rowing in the same direction and at the same time. Every oar has to move in unison,\u201d He promised to push for climate actions as a private citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\"><strong>\u201cLoss and Damage\u201d Next Step after COP26.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Scotland led by example as a pledge of \u00a31m which was later doubled to \u00a32m was mentioned to cover for \u201cLoss and Damage\u201d by Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon. It was explained that support and action to avert, minimize and address loss and damage is part of international assistance under adaptation, disaster prevention, preparedness, and response and rehabilitation budgets. It was the first money ever dedicated to this cause. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">More pledges came from five philanthropic funds that devoted a total of $3 million to the Glasgow Loss and Damage Facility: Children\u2019s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), the European Climate Foundation, and the Hewlett Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the Global Green Grants Fund. Kate Hampton of the CIFF said that \u201cthis was just the start and must lead to meaningful finance from rich countries. The inequity of climate change must be confronted in the final hours of Cop26 and must not be forgotten when the meeting closes. We stand behind all those speaking up for the world\u2019s most climates vulnerable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/12\/COP26-Landing-Page-banner-1-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/12\/COP26-Landing-Page-banner-1-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/12\/COP26-Landing-Page-banner-1-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/12\/COP26-Landing-Page-banner-1-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/12\/COP26-Landing-Page-banner-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo credit: Climate Action Network (CAN). (2021). <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/climatenetwork.org\/#:~:text=Climate%20Action%20Network%20(CAN)%20is,achieve%20social%20and%20racial%20justice.\" target=\"_blank\"><em>PayUp4LossandDamage<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley&nbsp;said in COP26 that &#8220;It is unjust and it is immoral,&#8221; &#8220;It is wrong,&#8221; and that developed nations should act on this immediately as they are the large emitters of GHGs since the Industrial Revolution era while developing nations have less contribution on this but still bearing the consequences. There is a great drive on loss on damage funding from the G77 + China. They want a \u201closs and damage facility\u201d to be established by COP26, a formal delivery body for funding. Further operationalization of the Santiago network was seen as a step forward because it has the potential to address the long-overlooked \u201caction and support\u201d element of the WIM. Santiago network exists as a website set up by the UNFCCC, with links to organizations such as development banks that could support loss and damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Find more information in the links below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emdat.be\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.emdat.be\/\" target=\"_blank\">The International Disaster Database<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/topics\/adaptation-and-resilience\/the-big-picture\/introduction-to-loss-and-damage\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/topics\/adaptation-and-resilience\/the-big-picture\/introduction-to-loss-and-damage\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction to loss and damage<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/nov\/08\/tuvalu-minister-to-address-cop26-knee-deep-in-seawater-to-highlight-climate-crisis\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/nov\/08\/tuvalu-minister-to-address-cop26-knee-deep-in-seawater-to-highlight-climate-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian -Tuvalu and COP26<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ukcop26.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/COP26-Negotiations-Explained.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ukcop26.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/COP26-Negotiations-Explained.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">COP26: The Negotiations Explained<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/sites\/default\/files\/resource\/cma3_auv_7_WIM.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/sites\/default\/files\/resource\/cma3_auv_7_WIM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wri.org\/insights\/loss-damage-climate-change\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wri.org\/insights\/loss-damage-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">What Is &#8220;Loss and Damage&#8221; from Climate Change? 6 Key Questions, Answered<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/climateanalytics.org\/media\/uneca__2014__loss_and_damage_in_africa.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/climateanalytics.org\/media\/uneca__2014__loss_and_damage_in_africa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Loss and Damage in Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/topics\/adaptation-and-resilience\/workstreams\/approaches-to-address-loss-and-damage-associated-with-climate-change-impacts-in-developing-countries\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/topics\/adaptation-and-resilience\/workstreams\/approaches-to-address-loss-and-damage-associated-with-climate-change-impacts-in-developing-countries\" target=\"_blank\">Approaches to address Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change impacts in developing countries<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/us.boell.org\/en\/unpacking-finance-loss-and-damage\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/us.boell.org\/en\/unpacking-finance-loss-and-damage\" target=\"_blank\">Unpacking finance for Loss and Damage <\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropogenic activities across the globe have contributed massively to the climate crisis, which has brought serious effects on human lives and the environment. Climate analytics defined \u201cLoss and Damage\u201d as climate impacts surpassing the adaptive capacity of countries, communities and ecosystems. This tragedy is taking a great pace in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[9,11],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-actions","tag-climate-change","tag-loss-and-damage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/emelda-paul-nguma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}