Ms. Azeb Girmai of Initiatives of Change (IofC) and LDC Watch in conjunction with other panel speakers, addressed the issues of lack of support and funding from developed countries for LDC’s (Least Developed Countries) and Africa in terms of adaptation and mitigation, as well as binding adaptation actions not being embedded in the COP negotiations. […]
COP 20 Lima Panel Speakers on: Climate change, extreme weather, droughts and high population growth rates impacts on food security, livelihoods etc. on small holder farming communities in SE Asia. Broad based adaptation of new farming technologies & funding for farmers is a key requirement.
COP 20 LIMA Panel Speakers Jake Schmidt & Amanda Maxwell from NRDC on: Diesel & black carbon emissions from transportation and their impacts on peoples health, climate change, global ice melts etc. in Latin America.
COP 20 Lima IPCC Working Groups 2 & 3 Members Dr. Chris Field & Dr. Youba Sokona presentation on: Overview of the COP 20 conference and IPCC Risk Assessment Report AR5 addressing key issues on Climate Change in the context of Global Change.
COP 20 LIMA UNEP Panel Speaker Keith Alverson on: UNEP Climate Change Adaptation Gap Report on pledges made by the 2 major GHG emitters USA & China. The emissions gap the key challenge that needs to be addressed in order to limit global temperatures rising above 2 deg. Celsius by 2050.
Presenters from Korea Adaptation Centre for Climate Change (KACCC) speak on Korea’s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation efforts, including International Cooperation for Adaptation, at COP 20, Lima, Peru. Currently the degree of climate change on the Korean Peninsula is greater than the global average, even with Korean Government’s strong commitment, the fight against climate change […]
At this COP 20 Presentation on Arctic Methane Emissions and the global warming effects on Earth, by Mr Stuart Scott of UPFSI (United Planet Faith & Science Iniative), he introduces the subject matter with reference to a New York Times article dated Nov. 30 2014, headlined : ‘Optimism faces grave realities at Climate talks’ by […]
Panel speakers at COP 20, presenting on the environmental assessment and participatory planning in establishing sustainable practices and systems and the focus on creating more sustainable, resilient urban environments in Cities and regions in Latin America. Andrew Griffin, Director, Regional Environments Hub office in South America, our office is one of twelve offices created by […]
COP 20 LIMA Panel Forum on: Healthy global landscapes are necessary to deliver sustainable development and to have positive impacts on climate change. The negotiation focus needs to shift on how scaleable and integrated solutions can be implemented with urgency.
Raman Mehta from the Vasuda Foundation on the irreconcilable differences between the negotiator and minister level at the IPCC. Developed countries mitigation objectives and developing countries adaptation goals don’t reconcile. The USA and China are the biggest emitters and need to commit to substantially higher mitigation levels.
COP 20 Lima NASA Presenter on: Global GEO Satellite Climate Change observations from various international partnerships, showing the evolution of polar ice melts, atmospheric change, extreme weather patterns, ocean current & acidification changes and the impacts of global warming.