The two-week United Nations climate conference COP-29 has started in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan from Monday, October 11. About 200 countries including India are participating in this Mahakumbh related to environment. There are also possibilities of meaningful and fruitful discussions on setting new targets of climate finance for the countries most sensitive to climate change, limiting climate change, global temperature rise and garnering support for developing countries. Along with this, countries from all over the world will discuss to rapidly advance the goals of the Paris Agreement. India’s main priorities at the conference will be to ensure accountability of developed countries on climate finance and achieve the goal of equitable transition to energy sources. Experts at the World Resources Institute (WRI) are expecting four key outcomes from this year’s summit – new climate finance targets, momentum towards stronger national climate commitments, concrete progress on previous commitments and more money for loss and damage. The entire world is being affected by weather events due to increase in global temperature, effects of ‘El Nino’ and ‘La Nina’. Meanwhile, a new study has identified 10 countries in Eastern Europe that will face the most economic loss from future temperature rise. In such a situation, the eyes of the whole world are fixed on the discussions, decisions and results of the Climate Conference COP-29.
The COP-29 conference is being considered important to balance environmental problems, challenges and changing climate patterns. The world has pinned its hopes on this conference. The biggest obstacle facing developing countries in tackling the challenge of climate change is lack of financial resources. Despite international commitments, the contribution of developed countries remains below the required level. In the year 2022, developed countries provided $115.9 billion and for the first time the annual target of $100 billion was crossed. However, this is still low, because if developing countries are to achieve climate change targets, an amount of two trillion dollars will be required every year by 2030. The pile of debt remains another obstacle in the way of developing countries. Many developing countries are suffering from such a burden of debt that they have very limited resources to take necessary steps to deal with climate change. That is why the apathy and careless attitude of rich and powerful countries towards dealing with the crisis of climate change is once again becoming a topic of discussion in the Baku conference COP-29.
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The more serious the problem of climate change is becoming in the world, the more there is a lack of serious efforts to deal with it. The Damages and Compensation Fund was initiated at COP 27 in Egypt, but due to lack of adequate contributions, its usefulness remains limited. In such a situation, it would be appropriate that the developing countries should also emphasize on the damage and compensation compensation, which was discussed a lot, but concrete steps were not taken in that direction. The indifference of the developed countries on the problems related to climate change is also coming to the fore because the developed countries, while ignoring their old and huge contribution to carbon emissions, put such pressure on the developing countries to reduce emissions as soon as possible that they slow down their pace. Mix with. Thus, setting targets by rich countries without taking cognizance of the socio-economic realities of developing countries is also becoming a reason for dissatisfaction. There is no doubt that extreme weather events resulting from climate change have caused great harm to countries and communities that bear relatively little responsibility for global warming.
If seen today, the impact of changes in climate is clearly visible on every aspect of life. People’s health is also not safe from this. Whether it is the loss of lives due to disasters or the rapidly increasing diseases caused by it, climate change is affecting people’s health in various forms. In such a situation, there is a need to take this threat to health more seriously. Warning against rising heat, determining the right price of fossil fuels and using clean sources of energy in homes can save the lives of 2 million people annually. In such a situation, just before this summit, the World Health Organization (WHO) has also urged countries to break their ties with fossil fuels. At the same time, he has advocated for the governments to help the common people in making them capable of facing the coming changes in climate.
In its special report on climate change and health, released just ahead of COP-29, the World Health Organization has urged global leaders to stop seeing climate change and health as separate issues. So that not only people’s lives can be saved, but also a healthy future can be ensured for the existing and future generations. It is noteworthy that the World Health Organization, in collaboration with more than 100 organizations and 300 experts, has released this special report on COP-29, addressing issues related to climate change and health. This report highlights important policies related to three key areas: People, Regions and Planet. According to the report, 360 crore people in the world are living in such areas, which are extremely sensitive to changes in climate. These are the areas where the danger is very high. To protect people’s lives, it is necessary to prepare such health systems that can withstand the changes in climate and can protect people’s lives even in difficult times. The integration of health and climate policies is essential for human progress and an ideal world structure.
Scientists and environmentalists are warning that the global temperature will increase further in the coming decades, so if the world is not alert now then no one will be able to save the twenty-first century from terrible disasters. Along with India, there are 11 countries including Pakistan and Afghanistan which are in the worrying category in terms of climate change. These are countries that are particularly weak in terms of their ability to deal with the environmental and social challenges posed by climate change. Due to continuously increasing emissions of industrial gases and rapid reduction in forest cover, the ozone layer is getting depleted. The effect of this unnatural change is visible in the form of climate changes happening at the global level. Due to global warming, glaciers are melting rapidly and the sea level is increasing rapidly. Due to which many cities and metropolitan cities situated on the sea shore are in danger of drowning. Climate change has led to a 134 percent increase in flood events since 2000 and a 29 percent increase in drought duration. By conserving water and ensuring adequate availability, we can improve the environment and also solve the problem of climate change. The world is facing concerns like global warming, unbalanced environment, climate crisis and increasing carbon emissions. The condition of the earth on the climate change front is like ‘the disease has increased, the medicine has increased’. That is why COP-29 is very important to become a medium to save the earth which is continuously moving towards climate chaos. Developing countries will have to raise their voice for this, because it is very important not only from the point of view of justice but also from the point of view of human existence and the balance of creation.
– Lalit Garg
Writer, Journalist, Columnist
