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ecopressblog · 2 years

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Klimapaket im Europäischen Parlament: Ein Meilenstein, ein kleiner Schritt und eine vielleicht rettende Blockade Germanwatch zieht gemischte Bilanz nach Klimapaket-Abstimmungen im EU-Parlament: Aus für Verbrenner 2035 zentrale Weichenstellung - viel hängt von künftiger Ausgestaltung des Emissionshandels ab Straßburg/Berlin (8. Juni 2022). Nach den Abstimmungen des Europaparlaments über acht große Dossiers des Klimapakets "Fit for 55" zieht die Umwelt- und Entwicklungsorganisation Germanwatch eine gemischte Bilanz. Christoph Bals, Politischer Geschäftsführer von Germanwatch: „Das Ende des Verbrennungsmotors bis 2035 ist ein Meilenstein, die verbindlichen nationalen Klimaziele für mehrere Sektoren immerhin ein kleiner Schritt und die Blockade beim Emissionshandel ist mit Risiken und Chancen behaftet.“ Während das Aus für den Verbrenner eine ganz zentrale Weichenstellung darstelle, beinhalte die EU-Klimaschutzverordnung leider auch ein Versäumnis. „Die verbindlichen nationalen Klimaziele unter anderem für die Sektoren Verkehr und Gebäude sind sehr wichtig. Allerdings hat das Parlament es leider versäumt, die Verantwortung der Mitgliedstaaten für das Erreichen der EU-Klimaziele hier klarer zu regeln“, so Bals. Die Verschiebung der kurz vor der Abstimmung stark verwässerten Reform des Emissionshandels berge einerseits Risiken durch die Verzögerungen und die Tatsache, dass damit auch der Klimasozialfonds und der CO2-Grenzausgleich auf Eis liegen. Andererseits verdeutlicht Christoph Bals: „Diese Blockade eröffnet dem Parlament nun aber auch die Chance, zu einem deutlich ambitionierteren Kompromiss für die Ausgestaltung des CO2-Preises zu kommen.“ Bals weiter: „Das Europäische Parlament hat vor 20 Monaten ein Signal der Ambition gesetzt, als es für 60 statt 55 Prozent Emissionsreduktion bis 2030 stimmte. Das gab Schwung und Hoffnung. Das Parlament darf diese Hoffnung bei der Reform des Emissionshandels nun nicht enttäuschen. Denn die EU muss zügig fit werden für das sichere Erreichen der selbst gesetzten Klimaziele.“ Kontakt für Medien: Stefan Küper Pressesprecher Pressekontakt: [email protected] Stefan Küper | [email protected] | Tel. +49 (0)151 / 252 110 72 Katarina Heidrich | [email protected] | Tel. +49 (0)151 / 742 968 18 https://www.ecopressblog.de/klimapaket-im-europaeischen-parlament-ein-meilenstein-ein-kleiner-schritt-und-eine-vielleicht-rettende-blockade/?feed_id=121&_unique_id=62a19ca511822

#Klima|Klimapolitik|Umweltschutz #Mobilität #NaturundUmwelt #Pressemeldung #VerbandInitiative #Emissionshandel #EuropäischesParlament #Germanwatch #Klimapaket #Klimaziele #Verbrenner

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mapsontheweb · 2 years

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The latest edition of the study conducted by the NGO Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network stated that Denmark, Sweden and Chile were the countries faring the best in the “high” performance category, followed by Morocco and India.

by @StatistaCharts

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falcemartello · 1 year

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I famosi scienziati peer reviewed dell’IPCC

La giornalista d’inchiesta canadese, Donna Laframboise, ha condotto un’indagine sul quarto rapporto di valutazione IPCC per determinare quante delle fonti del rapporto sono state sottoposte a revisione paritaria .

Il risultato è stato che 21 dei 44 capitoli del rapporto utilizzavano meno del 60% di fonti sottoposte a revisione paritaria, mentre le altre fonti erano materiale non sottoposto a revisione paritaria, comunemente chiamato "letteratura grigia “ cioè non sottoposta a revisione tra pari.

Nel 2013, Laframboise aveva ricevuto bozze trapelate della sezione IPCC Fifth Assessment Report WG II su Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.

Da queste bozze risulta che ONG come il World Wide Fund for Nature , Conservation International e Germanwatch avevano fornito commenti basati sulla letteratura grigia, per promuovere un'agenda politica.

Nessuna delle denunce della Laframboise è stata contestata.

Io non sono un giornalista d’inchiesta, ma sono curioso.

I più noti scienziati al mondo nei vari campi, hanno tutti una citazione su wikipedia, anche quelli di medio calibro.

Allora sono andato a controllare chi sono quelli che hanno redatto l’ultimo rapporto IPCC.

Nessuna citazione su wikipedia, al massimo un profilo su linkedin. Potete verificare voi stessi.

Poi tirate le somme.

(Fortunato Nardelli)

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mariacallous · 2 years

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The record-breaking floods that left one-third of Pakistan under water have also submerged its already sinking balance sheet. The government estimates it needs more than $40 billion to rebuild from the torrential, deadly rains that began in June and killed over 1,700 people. But while international aid has begun to trickle in, the global north has no plans to freeze Pakistan’s billions of dollars in debt obligations.

Pakistan owes $22 billion in foreign debt payments over the next year to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), China, the World Bank, and other public lenders. Pakistan has contributed less than 0.5 percent of historic emissions yet is among the top 10 countries most affected by climate change, according to Germanwatch’s Climate Risk Index, seen with the country’s severely worsened weather disasters like the recent floods. That’s led many citizens of the former British colony to feel echoes of historic injustice as the world’s top emitters—which are also their creditors—refuse to put debt cancellation on the agenda.

A growing chorus of Pakistani public figures, including influential former Senate chairman Mian Raza Rabbani, are demanding the world waive Pakistan’s debt as a form of direct climate reparations. The government, however, has been cautious. “We’re not asking about reparations,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif recently said, pushing back on calls made by his own climate minister. Pakistan’s new finance minister, Ishaq Dar, has said Pakistan will try to avoid asking Paris Club lending nations for help.

But if Pakistan demands a restructuring or erasure of the debt it owes to wealthy emitters—such as the United States, European Union, and China—on the grounds of climate justice, many experts believe it could set a standard for other vulnerable global south countries seeking relief in an overheating, unequal world. Lower-income countries spend five times more paying debt than they do on climate mitigation and adaptation, the Jubilee Debt Campaign found last year, and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe.

“We’re in new territory,” said Ahmad Rafay Alam, an environmental lawyer and activist in Lahore, Pakistan. “There’s a 100-kilometer lake in a province in Punjab. The water has no place to drain. There’s no way any country can adapt out of that.”

Pakistan will lead the rotating G-77 coalition of developing countries at next month’s United Nations climate change conference (COP27) in Egypt, where it could insist on discussing loss and damage payments from climate change-caused destruction. “This is clearly loss and damage territory. This isn’t a debate,” Alam added. But the government still has “no clear vision” of what debt write-offs would look like, he said.

Creditors are mostly uninterested in the case for relief. The United States and China recently rolled over some debt, but U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told Pakistan it should seek further relief from Beijing, to whom it owes $14.6 billion. The IMF, which holds its annual meetings this week, announced a $1.17 billion bailout package in August, but it has ignored calls to unlock $650 billion in special drawing rights—international reserve assets—or agree to wider debt freezes. The same goes for the World Bank, whose leader made headlines last month by refusing to acknowledge that fossil fuels are warming the planet.

“We have tried everything,” said Malik Amin Aslam, who served as climate minister under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistan planted billions of trees, proposed initiatives like nature performance bonds, and tried working with the World Bank on lending based on climate policy, but of those efforts, “none of them has really matured,” he said. “The climate crisis has totally matured.”

Still, the United States has forcefully opposed accords establishing loss-and-damage mechanisms, and the European Union won’t back a climate damage fund at COP27. Aslam said as climate minister, Pakistan “always found a closed door” when discussing loss and damage with developed nations. In the wake of the floods, world leaders like U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres have made convincing pleas for help. “But that’s where it ends, unfortunately,” Aslam said. “What Pakistan needs is solutions, and it needs them urgently.”

“The response has been totally predictable,” said Patrick Bigger, research director at the Climate and Community Project and co-author of a report that advocates debt justice as a form of climate reparations. When Sri Lanka defaulted last year and Ecuador and Zambia before that, its creditors forced them to get IMF emergency funding and cut public spending, leaving them with slimmer budgets to alleviate poverty and combat droughts and flash floods. With Pakistan, they’re “following the same playbook,” Bigger said.

Before Pakistan’s floods, the idea of debt forgiveness for climate change has mostly been kicked around in left-wing circles, evolving from debt resistance by socialist governments in Cuba and Bolivia. That might be changing. “It’s interesting that reparations is [an idea] that’s resonating in Pakistan,” Bigger said, and the expanding discourse around them could add “growing momentum” to more maximalist approaches toward canceling debt.

Bigger argues there’s a real economic argument for wiping out debt—and there are existing models that are successful. The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, which began in 1996, wiped out more than $70 billion in debt held by 37 developing countries, allowing them to spend more on poverty reduction. That program had “genuinely positive social and fiscal impacts” on participating countries, Bigger said, though it didn’t “alleviate the structural dimensions that create indebtedness in the first place”—and now, the climate crisis has saddled even more countries with massive adaptation costs.

There are other methods. The IMF could automatically suspend debt payments of countries that suffer climate disasters, Bigger said. Global lenders can attach climate-related conditions to debt relief, which prevents corrupt politicians from pilfering money meant for mitigation projects. And Paris Club lenders have used debt swaps to save failing economies, such as when lenders allowed struggling Latin American countries to convert their bank loans to bonds. “Maybe these sort-of sophisticated debt-swapping tools can be used,” Alam said. “I don’t think a global superpower like the United States needs a nuclear country to go destitute.”

Asking Pakistan to seek help from Beijing could also be dangerous. Washington’s ties to Islamabad have eroded in the past decade, leaving its reputation among Pakistanis in tatters. Playing hardball with debt repayment would only push Pakistan and other global south nations closer to China and Russia, harming Washington’s security goals and creating room for insurgent anti-West populists and Islamist movements.

Khan, Pakistan’s populist former prime minister, is deeply skeptical of global lending institutions and could leverage public anger to fuel his ongoing bid to retake power. And while China’s lending “has been problematic,” Bigger said, they were “much better actors” than most Western governments and private lenders in considering debt suspension.

At last week’s IMF meeting, global leaders blamed China for slowing relief in countries struggling to repay their debts, but as long as they’re forced to pay billions of dollars to the nations whose emissions caused their floods, many Pakistanis are not fond of either power. “I can shoot myself in the foot, or I can cut my pinky finger off,” Alam said.

And refusing to forgive the debt of Pakistan contributes directly to the suffering of millions of people, who face food and water shortages and a growing health emergency, said Ishak Soomro, a journalist and research associate who’s been on the ground in the affected areas of Pakistan’s Sindh province.

Many villages have no potable water, Soomro said, and more people are beginning to contract waterborne diseases. Millions of people are still living on roadsides, without shelter, as winter approaches. Schools are being taught out of tents. “We’re paying debt with dollars,” he said. “And we don’t have any dollars to rebuild our country.”

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my-life-fm · 4 months

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600.000.000 (sechshunderttausend) Dollar Kompensationszahlungen an Länder des Südens für Klimaschäden. - Kosten der Ahrtalkatastrophe: bisher > 10.000.000.000 (mehr als zehn Milliarden) Euro.

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earaercircular · 6 months

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Methane pact with over 150 countries: USA tightens rules

Emissions of methane[1], the second most important greenhouse gas, can often be reduced relatively easily. Germany has partly shown the way. The USA now wants to take tougher action against the problem.

In the fight against global warming, the USA wants to push ahead with reducing emissions of climate-damaging methane. The US government announced new standards at the UN climate conference in Dubai over the weekend that will require oil and gas producers to plug methane leaks. Germany and the EU are already one step further.[2]

Methane escapes, among other things, from the extraction of coal, oil and natural gas, but is also produced in the stomachs of cows and sheep and in garbage dumps. The concentration of methane is increasing faster than that of the most important greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.

According to the World Meteorological Organisation,[3] it is currently more than 2.5 times the value before the industrial revolution. At the same time, methane can often be reduced more cost-effectively than carbon dioxide.

Over 150 countries are part of the pact

The EU and the USA initiated an international agreement at the climate conference two years ago, the Global Methane Pledge (GMP)[4], which over 150 countries have now joined - they emit just over half of man-made methane. However, China, India and Russia are missing. There will be a meeting of the Global Methane Alliance[5] in Dubai at the beginning of the week, and new initiatives are expected.

The member countries of the methane pact want to reduce their emissions by at least 30 percent from 2020 to 2030. According to the initiative, if nothing is done, they will rise globally by up to 13 percent. The agreement has the potential to reduce global warming by at least 0.2 degrees by 2050.

But according to Bill Hare, head of the organization Climate Analytics[6], it is not enough to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. This requires a global reduction of 34 percent by 2030.

Federal government warns about methane

The federal government also warned on Sunday in Dubai about the particularly aggressive greenhouse gas methane. If emissions can be reduced quickly worldwide, there will be rapid progress in the fight against global warming, said Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Climate Ministry, Stefan Wenzel. Satellites can now be used to locate exactly where there are leaks in oil drilling rigs or gas fields.

The head of the Federal Environment Agency[7], Dirk Messner, said in Dubai that the gas was almost 30 times more aggressive than carbon dioxide, to which most attention had been paid for decades. He called for binding global rules in the fight against methane, especially in oil and gas countries. This must be combined with monitoring and checking.

China recently presented its own 14-page methane reduction plan. It does not contain any concrete figures or data for the overall reduction and contains many individual, mostly unspecific specifications. For example, more use should be made of the methane escaping from coal mines.

Develop a national methane plan

The EU Parliament and countries also agreed in mid-November to tighten the rules for the oil, gas and coal industries - with clear timetables. Here, too, oil and gas plant operators should regularly search for and repair major methane leaks. The flaring of methane is banned in many places.

“Overall, the Global Methane Pledge has managed to draw attention to the issue,” says climate officer for the organization Germanwatch[8], Thea Uhlich. In fact, the USA and the EU refer to many new international initiatives and funding, including from private foundations, in a joint letter. 50 countries are in the process of developing a national methane plan.

“Ultimately, of course, what counts is whether the GMP[9] actually leads to methane reductions that would not have occurred without it,” says Uhlich. There was still a lack of data to assess success.

According to the European Environment Agency, the EU has already reduced its methane emissions by 36 percent between 1990 and 2020. This happened primarily in the energy and waste sectors. According to the Federal Environment Agency (Uba), Germany even reduced its methane emissions by 66 percent between 1990 and 2022.

One factor is the end of hard coal production, but not only: mine gas is extracted and used, and less gas is also escaping from landfills. According to Uba, what is crucial here is the expansion of the circular economy, for example with waste separation and the use of biogas.

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dpa-infocom, Methan-Pakt mit über 150 Ländern: USA verschärfen Regeln, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3-12-2023 ; https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/klima-methan-pakt-mit-ueber-150-laendern-usa-verschaerfen-regeln-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-231203-99-162795

[1] Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH4 (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest alkane, and the main constituent of natural gas. The relative abundance of methane on Earth makes it an economically attractive fuel, although capturing and storing it poses technical challenges due to its gaseous state under normal conditions for temperature and pressure. Naturally occurring methane is found both below ground and under the seafloor and is formed by both geological and biological processes. The largest reservoir of methane is under the seafloor in the form of methane clathrates. When methane reaches the surface and the atmosphere, it is known as atmospheric methane.

[2] The Biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the US oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas that scientists and climate advocacy groups have pressed nations to rapidly reduce as global temperature soars. The announcement came amid a wave of commitments at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Saturday, including a pledge from at least 117 countries to triple renewable energy by 2030. Vice President Kamala Harris also announced the US was committing another $3 billion to global climate action. Methane, the main component of natural gas and a byproduct of fossil fuel drilling, is a potent source of climate pollution with more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide during its first two decades in the atmosphere. The oil and gas industry is one of the main sources of global methane emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/02/climate/cop28-methane-announcement-climate/index.html

[3]https://wmo.int/media/news/rate-and-impact-of-climate-change-surges-dramatically-2011-2020

[4] The Global Methane Pledge (GMP) was launched at COP26 by the European Union and the United States. Participants joining the Pledge agree to take voluntary actions to contribute to a collective effort to reduce global methane emissions at least 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030. This is a global, not a national reduction target. With over 150 country participants, representing a little over 50% of global anthropogenic methane emissions, we are well on our way to achieving the Pledge goal. https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/

[5] The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is a voluntary partnership of over 160 governments, intergovernmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations founded in 2012. We are the only international body working to reduce powerful but short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) – methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and tropospheric ozone – that drive both climate change and air pollution. Our partners work together toward our common goal of reducing global warming in the near-term to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and support economic development, improved health, and environmental and food security benefits. https://www.ccacoalition.org/content/climate-and-clean-air-coalition

[6] Climate Analytics is a global climate science and policy institute engaged around the world in driving and supporting climate action aligned to the 1.5°C warming limit. We connect science and policy to empower vulnerable countries in international climate negotiations and inform national planning with targeted research, analysis and support. Our international team of 130 experts and support staff work from our headquarters in Berlin and our regional offices in Africa, Australia and the Pacific, the Caribbean, North America and South Asia. https://climateanalytics.org/about-us/who-we-are

[7] Since its founding in 1974, the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) has been Germany’s main environmental protection agency. https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/the-uba/about-us

[8] Germanwatch e.V. is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Bonn, Germany. It seeks to influence public policy on trade, the environment, and relations between countries in the industrialized north and underdeveloped south. The organization collates a variety of economic and social data to formulate position papers, often in partnership with other NGOs. Particular areas of interest include trade in food and agricultural policy, climate change, and corporate accountability.

[9] Current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) are those conforming to the guidelines recommended by relevant agencies. Those agencies control the authorization and licensing of the manufacture and sale of food and beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, dietary supplements, and medical devices

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verbandsbuero · 1 year

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CDU/CSU blockiert EU-Lieferkettengesetz - Germanwatch fordert Handeln

Verpassen Sie nicht die aktuellsten Nachrichten und Hintergründe – lesen Sie hier weiter und erfahren Sie alles, was Sie wissen müssen! Auszug: Die Umwelt- und Entwicklungsorganisation Germanwatch ruft die EVP-Abgeordneten aus Deutschland auf, den Kompromissvorschlag zum europäischen Lieferkettengesetz vor der morgigen Abstimmung im Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel

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kingowatch · 1 year

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jclaro1956 · 1 year

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Justiça As ONGs, Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute e CAN, Climate Action Network International, publicaram o Índice de Desempenho de Mudanças Climáticas, CCPI, 2023, mostrando que a Índia subiu duas posições. Leia em Notas de AZ : https://notasdeaz.blogs

As ONGs, Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute e CAN, Climate Action Network International, publicaram o Índice de Desempenho de Mudanças Climáticas, CCPI, 2023, mostrando que a Índia subiu duas posições.Leia em Notas de AZ :https://notasdeaz.blogspot.com/ #clima #Blockchain #cryptocurrency #crypto

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ecopressblog · 1 year

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Humanitäre Sicherheitspolitik: Grundlegender Umbau von Weltbank, IWF und Entwicklungsbanken wird benötigt Vor der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz: Germanwatch fordert Bundesregierung auf, für Klimasicherheit Initiativen zur Reform der internationalen Finanzarchitektur engagiert zu unterstützen / Klima-Kipppunkte drohen überschritten zu werden: Immense sicherheitspolitische Folgen müssen jetzt angegangen werden Berlin/München (15. Feb. 2023). Die Umwelt- und Entwicklungsorganisation Germanwatch begrüßt, dass bei der am Freitag beginnenden Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz Klimasicherheit prominent auf der Agenda steht. „Eine falsch priorisierte Energie- und Klimapolitik ist ein immenses Risiko für die internationale Sicherheit. Öl und Gas schaffen aber auch darüber hinaus Sicherheitsrisiken. Das zeigt sich nirgends so deutlich wie aktuell im Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine, der großteils mit den Milliarden aus Gas- und Ölexporten finanziert wird“, sagt Christoph Bals, Politischer Geschäftsführer von Germanwatch. Zentral ist ein globales Umlenken der Finanzströme weg von den Problemursachen hin zu den Lösungen. „Damit das Problem der Klimasicherheit bewältigbar bleibt, muss ein Vielfaches der bisherigen Summen für Klimaschutz und –anpassung sowie Schäden und Verluste insbesondere in den armen Ländern mobilisiert werden. Ein zentraler Baustein dafür ist eine umfassende Reform der internationalen Finanzarchitektur. Der Klimagipfel im ägyptischen Sharm El Scheich hat dazu den Startschuss gegeben.“ Neue Finanzquellen müssen für Klimasicherheit erschlossen werden Klimasicherheit ist die Grundlage für ein gutes Leben der nächsten Generationen. Bei grundlegender Reform der Weltbank, des Weltwährungsfonds IWF und der Entwicklungsbanken könnte das notwendige Geld für den Umbau mobilisiert werden. Es geht um das Zehnfache der jährlich 100 Milliarden Dollar, um den Umbau des Energie-, Verkehrs- und Wirtschaftssystems sowie die Anpassung an die schon jetzt nicht mehr vermeidbaren Folgen der Klimakrise zu ermöglichen. „Dies sollte zugleich das partnerschaftliche Gegengewicht Europas und der G7 zu chinesischen und russischen Angeboten beispielsweise bei Kooperationen in Afrika, Lateinamerika oder Asien sein. Klimafinanzierung ist beste humanitäre Sicherheitspolitik,“ so Bals. Klar ist: Um die Finanzierungslücke zu schließen sind neue innovative Finanzquellen notwendig. „Die Reform der internationalen Finanzarchitektur kann neue Billionen verfügbar machen, ohne die öffentlichen Haushalte zu belasten. Die Bundesregierung sollte sich hinter die Bridgetown-Initiative der Premierministerin von Barbados stellen, die es auch Ländern des globalen Südens ermöglichen würde, deutlich mehr Geld für Klimamaßnahmen zu bekommen und dies im Krisenfall auch sehr schnell. Was hierfür politisch und rechtlich erforderlich ist, müssen Bundesregierung und Bundesbank zügig ausloten“, fordert Bals. Politisches Frühwarnsystem für Kipppunkte Das 1,5-Grad-Limit für die globale Temperaturerhöhung ist kein Wunsch, sondern eine Grenze. Jenseits von ihr lauern massive Herausforderung für Mensch und Natur. Die Klimawissenschaft warnt: Einige Kipppunkte – etwa in Grönland und der Westantarktis – mit über die Zeit dramatischen Folgen für die Erhöhung des Meeresspiegels sind vermutlich bereits gerissen. Für andere Kipppunkte, die eine kaskadenhafte Verschärfung der Erderwärmung auslösen könnten, etwa der Kollaps des Amazonas Regenwaldes, steigt das Risiko zwischen 1,5 und 2 Grad immens. „Wenn wir die Augen davor verschließen, können immense humanitäre Sicherheitskrisen auf uns zukommen“, sagt Lisa Schultheiß, Referentin für Klimarisikomanagement bei Germanwatch. „Wir brauchen ein politisches Frühwarnsystem für Kipppunkte. Die Politik muss für jeden möglichen Kipppunkt konkrete, auf die Warnungen der Klimawissenschaft zugeschnittene Antworten entwickeln. Dieses Frühwarnsystem könnte als jährlicher Bericht die Lage der Kipppunkte und die Handlungsnotwendigkeiten

der verschiedenen globalen und regionalen Institutionen – etwa für Katastrophenvorsorge, Ernährung, Gesundheit, Migration – adressieren.“ Hinweis für Redaktionen: Germanwatch wird am 16.02. eine Blogserie zu Kipppunkten und ihrem Einfluss auf die menschliche Sicherheit sowie Schäden und Verluste durch die Klimakrise veröffentlichen (zunächst auf Englisch, die deutsche Übersetzung folgt). Pressekontakt: [email protected] Katarina Heidrich | [email protected] | Tel. +49 (0)151 / 742 968 18 Stefan Küper | [email protected] | Tel. +49 (0)151 / 252 110 72 https://www.ecopressblog.de/humanitaere-sicherheitspolitik-grundlegender-umbau-von-weltbank-iwf-und-entwicklungsbanken-wird-benoetigt/?feed_id=366&_unique_id=63ecb9952ebda

#Initiativen|Engagements #NaturundUmwelt #Pressemeldung #Entwicklungsbanken #Finanzquellen #IWF #KlimaKipppunkte #Klimasicherheit #Weltbank

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India leads two locations in local weather efficiency index

India has jumped two ranks within the annual rankings of local weather change efficiency by nations, because it strengthened its local weather targets, and introduced a zero-zero goal. The newest Climate Change Performance Index by Germanwatch, an impartial improvement organisation, has positioned India on the eighth place within the group of 59 nations and the European Union by way of local…

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Causes Of Poverty In The Philippines

Poverty is often caused by unequal access to education and healthcare or natural disasters. The Philippines has the 17th largest economy in the world, but 28% of the population living below the poverty line.

The Philippines currently has a low incidence of poverty. This blog post focuses on the causes of poverty in the Philippines having been contributors to economic growth of this country. Poverty, an important economic topic, is not a new phenomenon in the Philippines.

Poverty In Philippines Caused By Corruption

In the Philippines, poverty is a very serious problem caused by corruption, lack of education and health care, political conflicts and natural disasters. It affects a third of the population and includes 30 million families who earn less than $1.25 a day. Another ten million families suffer from extreme poverty, with an income of less than $1 per day.

Poverty is a major social problem in the Philippines caused by persistent corruption. According to a recent study, one third of Filipinos live on less than half a dollar per day.

The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said that poverty in the country is widening at an alarming rate, despite impressive economic growth over the past years

Poverty In Philippines Caused By Lack Of Good Jobs

The state of being poor; a condition of life so lacking in material possessions or advantages as to inhibit ones happiness. Inequality of income and wealth. Lack of resources available to fulfill basic needs (food, shelter, education)

The Philippine government estimates that more than 40% of the population live below the poverty line. This is caused by a number of factors, including lack of good jobs, poor public education and health care and natural calamities.

A poverty profile of the Philippines identifies key causes and effects of extreme poverty in the country. It covers an overview of formal labor arrangements, employment situation and poverty as well as a discussion of factors that contribute to it and recommendations for reducing it.

Poverty In Philippines Caused By Weather/Climate Change

Climate change results in a variety of impacts, such as sea level rise, more extreme weather events, higher temperatures, and changes in precipitation patterns. According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2018 Report prepared by Germanwatch and Climate Analytics, Philippines ranked 5 among the countries that experienced calamities in 2017.

At this point, the causes of poverty and how it can be solved are quite controversial. Some argue that poverty is an issue that can only be solved by improving the economy.

Others point to the simple fact that harsh weather conditions in some areas have caused them to become poor, and therefore it is only logical that reducing climate change will benefit these areas.

Finally, some focus on the fact basic human rights are being violated in many poor communities and even though providing money may help solve the problem, this doesn’t take away from more important issues such as basic human rights.

Poverty In Philippines Caused By Social Injustice

Among the 20 million living in the Philippines, many are forced to live below or just within poverty lines. The economy of Philippines is heavily based on agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, mining and the service sector.

Despite being rich in natural resources, the poverty incidence in Philippines is still very high even if World Bank estimated it to be only 29.7% in 2009. The primary reason for this high incidence of poverty is due to unequal distribution of income across households due to a few factors like social injustice and misallocation.

The conflict in the Southern Philippines has affected thousands of civilians. Many have been made homeless, and several others have not been able to support their families.

The continuing fighting has prevented millions from earning a living through productive means for multiple years. Because many citizens are either too old or too young to work, children are forced to take on the responsibilities of families who are unable or simply not strong enough to support themselves.

Families often camp out near military posts or in other public places; however, they do not always have access to food, water and other necessities. The Philippines are the largest source of migrants leaving Pacific island nations to seek better opportunities in New Zealand.

Many Filipinos in New Zealand are well established and highly qualified professionals working as doctors, nurses, accountants and engineers. They often sponsor family members to join them in New Zealand as live-in caregivers, for jobs that pay hundreds of dollars more annually than what can be earned in Philippines.

Poverty In Philippines Caused By Lack Of Food And Water

According to World Bank report of 2013, the proportion of Filipino people in poverty (under US$1.25 a day) is approximately 21 percent.

Pinoy Poverty line is higher than most other poor country or under developed countries because most of the poorest Filipinos are living in rural areas and they need additional resources to survive. the major cause of poverty in Philippines is lack of food and water.

Lack of food and water are major causes of poverty in the Philippines. Many people are unable to afford their basic needs such as food and drinking water.

Children, who make up a quarter of the Philippines population, suffer tremendously due to the lack of nutrition they receive and are most susceptible to diseases. This leads to a worsening situation that can be fatal in a lot of cases.

Poverty In Philippines Caused By Lack Of Government Support

It is truly amazing how certain people can adapt to such degrading circumstances. The incidence of severe poverty in the Philippines has been a national issue since the late 1980s and while government aid programs have helped alleviate cases of extreme poverty, millions of people still live in it.

Poverty in the Philippines is a problem attributed to the destruction of agriculture that was caused by the military conflicts throughout the different islands, also due to corruption, politics, and failure of civic leaders. The majority of residents lived below or just above the poverty line.

In order to save our planet for future generations we need to reduce the causes of poverty in the Philippines.

Poverty In Philippines Caused By Inequality

Poverty remains a major challenge in the Philippines. At 20.6% (as of 2009), it is a serious threat to social, political and economic stability in this country. Inequality further aggravates poverty which affects the majority of Filipinos and has been growing for the past 3 decades.

The Philippines is a country of stark contrasts, with a number of people living in poverty and many more living in relative wealth. An economic boom in the last few years, has increased the divide between rich and poor. At least 1.6 million families live below the poverty line, according to government statistics.

Poverty refers to the scarcity or the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. It applies to both general scarcity and want, and to the state of lacking an ability to acquire goods and services necessary for survival with ease. Inequality is a situation in which the distribution of economic benefits and burdens among members of a group is uneven.

Causes of poverty in the Philippines are important to know so that we can control them.

Poverty In Philippines Caused By Lack Of Education

Despite the fact that the Philippines is a developed country, it has been ranked one of the poorest countries in the world. The poverty in this country is caused by lack of education.

The men and women of the Philippines are challenged to provide for their family, since livelihood from farm work does not pay well. Less than 20% of the elementary student population in this country reach high school. Those will have an opportunity to receive further education are limited.

The causes of poverty in Philippines are low skills and education. The Philippine educational system was greatly damaged by the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and currently, many Filipino students prefer learning skills that could help them find jobs rather than furthering themselves into education.

Inequality, despair, and lack of hope often define the state of being poor in the Philippines. Poverty begins with a lack of quality basic education, which comes from a combination of low school attendance rates, high dropout rates, and low completion rates for many students. Through education, we can combat poverty in the Philippines.

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