Countdown to COP27: Feeling the Heat
Next month, countries from around the world will gather in Egypt for the annual UN climate summit known as COP. The urgent need for action has never been more clear. Yet how will countries finance climate adaptation and mitigation? And how will the poorest nations make their case that they should be paid for the loss and damage caused by emissions from the richest?
Climate One · Climate One from The Commonwealth Club
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Show Notes
For decades, scientists and activists have called for action to slow the pace of global warming. The political process has struggled and largely failed to keep up with the growing climate crisis. But through annual summits known as the United Nations Conference of the Parties, or COP, countries have finally started to commit to reducing their emissions. At last year’s climate summit, nations that make up about two thirds of the global economy committed to reducing emissions enough to try to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees celsius.
At this year’s 27th COP in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, central questions will focus on how to pay for climate adaptation and mitigation. And, since the world’s 20 biggest economies are responsible for 80% of all climate disrupting emissions, how much money do those nations owe poorer countries suffering from a problem they didn’t create?
Guests:
Jonathan Pershing, Former Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State
Omnia El Omrani, COP27 Youth Envoy
Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd, Special Representative of the COP27 President
Contributing Producer: Rabiya Jaffery
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