Nagpur: 100 days ago from this year United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the country’s experts have called for global leaders to focus on burning issues that are increasing the world’s temperature and causing the climate crisis.
COP 26, which is scheduled to be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November, is expected to be an important climate summit since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015. While governments are expected to come forward with tougher climate targets, experts have highlighted three important targets for high-pressure negotiations – aid packages for developing countries.
Stating that when it comes to pledges to avoid 1.5°C, climate finance, carbon markets and harsh greenhouse gas cuts, climate experts stressed that economies need to deliver strong plans. “COP26 assumes great importance in the wake of the pandemic and places additional pressure on developed countries to fulfill the promises. It should focus on the needs of vulnerable countries by prioritizing adaptation and loss and damage as key investment areas, and appeals to the collective conscience of rich countries to meet and expand the USD 100 billion agreed under the Paris Agreement. Nambi said. Appadurai, director, Climate Resilience Exercise world resource institute (WRI), India.
Highlighting that the focus of COP26 will be on countries committed to the zero target, Vibhuti Garg, Lead Energy Economist at India’s Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), said, “Developed countries have to take more responsibility and developing countries have to take more responsibility. I have to help. Countries with technology and finance. It is important that all countries are able to commit to coal peaks first and then strategize how and by when they will be able to achieve net zero. ”
In a recent interview with TOI, COP26 President Alok Sharma had emphasized on the importance of Net Zero. Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Fellow of the Energy, Environment and Water Council, said the issue will find a place in the larger narrative of climate talks this year, adding, “India will have to walk a thin line, expressing willingness to join and the net. Shape the -zero debate, while inspiring the developed world and China to pursue their net-zero years. Delegating a net-zero narrative is no longer an option.
Sharma had emphasized that the climate crisis should be dealt with in the same way as the Covid-19 pandemic. Experts couldn’t agree more. “In the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, the need to deploy nature-based and sustainable urban solutions has become more compelling than ever. For India, the way cities develop and how people move around are two major areas of transition. Low-carbon mobility and small but compact cities, where people can easily walk and cycle, should be at the core of future cities. Businesses and other stakeholders can promote clean and sensible developmental options ranging from electric mobility to energy efficient buildings and nature-based solutions,” said OP Agarwal, CEO, WRI, India.
On climate finance, Ulka Kelkar, director of the institute’s climate program, said, “We need rich countries to fulfill their decade-old promise of providing USD 100 billion climate finance. We need countries to submit five-year climate action plans, not just zero-zero declarations for 2050.”
COP 26, which is scheduled to be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November, is expected to be an important climate summit since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015. While governments are expected to come forward with tougher climate targets, experts have highlighted three important targets for high-pressure negotiations – aid packages for developing countries.
Stating that when it comes to pledges to avoid 1.5°C, climate finance, carbon markets and harsh greenhouse gas cuts, climate experts stressed that economies need to deliver strong plans. “COP26 assumes great importance in the wake of the pandemic and places additional pressure on developed countries to fulfill the promises. It should focus on the needs of vulnerable countries by prioritizing adaptation and loss and damage as key investment areas, and appeals to the collective conscience of rich countries to meet and expand the USD 100 billion agreed under the Paris Agreement. Nambi said. Appadurai, director, Climate Resilience Exercise world resource institute (WRI), India.
Highlighting that the focus of COP26 will be on countries committed to the zero target, Vibhuti Garg, Lead Energy Economist at India’s Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), said, “Developed countries have to take more responsibility and developing countries have to take more responsibility. I have to help. Countries with technology and finance. It is important that all countries are able to commit to coal peaks first and then strategize how and by when they will be able to achieve net zero. ”
In a recent interview with TOI, COP26 President Alok Sharma had emphasized on the importance of Net Zero. Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Fellow of the Energy, Environment and Water Council, said the issue will find a place in the larger narrative of climate talks this year, adding, “India will have to walk a thin line, expressing willingness to join and the net. Shape the -zero debate, while inspiring the developed world and China to pursue their net-zero years. Delegating a net-zero narrative is no longer an option.
Sharma had emphasized that the climate crisis should be dealt with in the same way as the Covid-19 pandemic. Experts couldn’t agree more. “In the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, the need to deploy nature-based and sustainable urban solutions has become more compelling than ever. For India, the way cities develop and how people move around are two major areas of transition. Low-carbon mobility and small but compact cities, where people can easily walk and cycle, should be at the core of future cities. Businesses and other stakeholders can promote clean and sensible developmental options ranging from electric mobility to energy efficient buildings and nature-based solutions,” said OP Agarwal, CEO, WRI, India.
On climate finance, Ulka Kelkar, director of the institute’s climate program, said, “We need rich countries to fulfill their decade-old promise of providing USD 100 billion climate finance. We need countries to submit five-year climate action plans, not just zero-zero declarations for 2050.”
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