At the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow last November, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, speaking on behalf of 55 vulnerable developing countries under the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), put forward a demand to set up a facility to finance loss and damage from human-induced climate change. This demand was included in the draft of the Glasgow …
On 9 August 2021, the science working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report showed that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C of warming since 1850-1900. Climate change is not just what is happening now and will happen in the future but also what has been happening for over a century. Today …
Negotiators at COP26 are fighting to include a Glasgow Facility to address loss and damage from the adverse effects of climate change.Call for all UNFCCC parties and non-state actors to support the Facility.Philanthropies offer to contribute aligned kick-start finance of $3m USD if the Facility is agreed. Friday 12 November, Glasgow – Leading philanthropies wish to support the signatories of the …
