85. CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #85, JULY 24, 2022.
UN Global
Affairs. “Guterres, World Must Choose Between Action and Suicide.”
Murad Qureshi. “$2 Trillion for War Versus $100 Billion to Save the Planet.”
AFSC. A Guide to protesting.
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Murad Qureshi. “$2 Trillion for War Versus $100 Billion to Save the Planet.” Editor. Mronline.org (7-23-22). During late April and
early May, South Asia experienced the terrible impacts of global warming.
Temperatures reached almost 50 degrees Celsius (122
Fahrenheit) in some cities in the region. These high temperatures came
alongside dangerous flooding in Northeast India and in Bangladesh, as the
rivers burst their banks, with flash floods taking place in places like
Sunamganj in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Saleemul Haq, the
director of the International Center of Climate Change and Development,
is from Bangladesh. He is a veteran of the UN climate change negotiations.
When Haq read a tweet by Marianne Karlsen, the co-chair of the UN’s
Adaptation Committee, which said that “[m]ore time is needed to
reach an agreement,” while referring to the negotiations on loss and damage
finance, he tweeted: “The one thing we have run out of is
Time! Climate change impacts are already happening, and poor people are
suffering losses and damages due to the emissions of the rich. Talk is no
longer an acceptable substitute for action (money!)” Karlsen’s comment came
in light of the treacle-slow process of agreement on the “loss and damage”
agenda for the 27th Conference of Parties or COP27 meeting to be held in
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2022. In 2009, at COP15,
developed countries of the world had agreed to a $100 billion annual adaptation
assistance fund, which was supposed to be paid by 2020. This fund was
intended to assist countries of the Global South to shift their reliance on
carbon to renewal sources of energy and to adapt to the realities of the
climate catastrophe. At the time of the Glasgow COP26 meeting in November
2021, however, developed countries were unable to meet this commitment. The
$100 billion may seem like a modest fund, but is far less than the “Trillion Dollar Climate Finance Challenge,”
that will be required to ensure comprehensive climate action. The richer states—led by the West—have not only refused to
seriously fund adaptation but they have also reneged on the original
agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol (1997); the U.S. Congress
has refused to ratify this important step
toward mitigating the climate crisis. The United States has shifted the
goalposts for reducing its methane emissions and has refused to account for
the massive output of carbon emissions by
the U.S. military. MORE https://mronline.org/2022/07/22/2-trillion-for-war-versus-100-billion-to-save-the-planet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-trillion-for-war-versus-100-billion-to-save-the-planet&mc_cid=9acf07719b&mc_eid=ab2f7bf95e
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A guide to protesting: Protests
are a powerful way for individuals to raise a strong, collective voice before
policymakers who hold our lives and well-being in the balance. Explore and use
these protest resources compiled by AFSC and partners to prepare, stay safe,
and get your message across. AFSC
WEEKEND READING (7-2-22).
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