Little progress on figuring out climate adaptation goal has developing countries pushing to set international targets at COP26
One of the pivotal sources of tension at COP26 took centre stage on Monday, as focus turned to bracing for consequences of climate change that are already unavoidable – especially in poorer countries that will face the worst of those impacts.
The idea at the time was that it would be akin to that landmark deal’s other, better-known target: reducing emissions enough to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels – a level at which there will still be significantly increased risks of floods, droughts and other natural disasters.
“In terms of setting a quantifying goal like 1.5 degrees, or tonnes of GHG emissions, it’s difficult to set one for adaptation,” said Chizuru Aoki, who manages funding programs for developing countries at the Washington-based Global Environmental Facility.A report released during COP26 by the United Nations Environment Programme shed some light on the scale of financing needed.
Nevertheless, there is a common sense here that rich countries have dropped the ball on – and, in some previous rounds of COP, actively thwarted – attempts to give adaptation equal billing with mitigation.
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