A Kulkalgal activist from the Torres Strait Islands says other indigenous peoples are “fighting for their homes” as climate finance convention debates.
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A Kulkalgal activist from the Torres Strait Islands said the way the world treats indigenous peoples is an insult and that he is here at the Cop27 convention in Egypt “fighting for our home. “
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Yessie Mosby, who in September was among a plaintiffs’ organization that made history in a landmark court case that concluded the Australian government compensated Torres Strait Islanders for their climate-crisis-like disasters, told The Guardian: “We were a race of other Friends, we have a lot of ancient knowledge. which is overlooked and set aside:”.
In the Torres Strait, emerging degrees from the sea have led to salt water seeping into the soil, causing coconut disease and fruit death.
“Whether it’s us in salt water, the other people of the Pacific islands, or the other people of the plains and mountains, the swamps, who face climate change and want our voices to be heard. And we want action.
“We, the saltwater inhabitants of Torres Strait, are so in tune with nature. We are a race that will see birds and tell us what the weather will be like tomorrow, we take a look at the plants that will tell us what fish will or will not be eaten, we see plants that tell us that this specific fish in the water is poisonous.
“The world has a lot to learn about us. “
After the leaders’ speeches in the first two days, most negotiations have now taken positions behind closed doors. Today’s big discussions were about finance, and it turned out there was some movement on that, as Damian Carrington reported, seeing positive momentum. potentially start building on a very important issue, when the UK said it would allow some deferrals in debt repayment, while Austria and New Zealand filed investments for loss and damage.
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A Kulkalgal activist from the Torres Strait Islands said the way the world treated indigenous peoples was an insult and that he was at the convention in Egypt “fighting for our home”.
Bill McKibben, an American environmentalist and founder of 350. org, told an audience: “This year we fully understood the connection between fossil fuels and fascism. Putin may have simply invaded Ukraine without oil and fuel profits, or scared the West with threats to turn off the taps.
World Bank President David Malpass told the Guardian he was not a “climate denier”. Trump’s appointee has said in the past that he “doesn’t even know” whether he accepts climate science.
Protesters held rallies in the central area of the convention, ignoring Egypt’s attempts to keep dissent out of sight and out of mind.
Almost a fraction of young people in Africa say they have reconsidered having children because of the climate crisis, according to a UNICEF survey.
The Chinese envoy said the United States had “closed the door” to climate talks and needed to reopen it. Xie Zhenhua said Beijing and Washington had had “informal talks. “Xie also hinted that China could contribute to “loss and damage. “bottom.
John Kerry, the US meteorological envoy, unveiled a new global carbon trading initiative that he said would be “essential” to the transition of the next countries towards a cleaner energy bureaucracy. This has provoked a combined reaction from environmental groups.
Australia can play a large role in the global transition to network 0 through exporting energy products and blank minerals that other countries want to reduce their emissions.
By 2026, Australia will want to implement policies that lead to deeper emissions reductions, allowing us to reach our 2030 target and set a much more ambitious target for 2035.
Global emissions will have to fall by 45% by 2030 to have any chance of meeting the Paris Agreement’s purpose of restricting warming to 1. 5°C. A rich country like Australia, with vast untapped resources for renewables, is expected to aim to reduce emissions by 75%. this decade.
“A voluntary carbon credit program will ensure deep and genuine emissions reductions. It’s like rearranging living room chairs while the weather sinks,” said Rachel Cleetus, policy director for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
“This program is going to exacerbate the very challenge it claims to help solve by not reducing emissions,” said Rachel Rose Jackson, director of climate research and policy at Corporate Accountability. “And it will distract attention from America’s genuine and urgent desire. “States to pay their climate debt through public finances. “
It’s a view shared by Mohamed Adow, the director of the Power Shift Africa think tank, who said it is shameful that the U. S. is doing so. The U. S. government continues to try to avoid paying its fair share for mitigation, adaptation, and climate-related loss and damage.
“What we want is tough regulations on emissions rebates and a comprehensive climate finance formula that forces rich countries to keep their promises, not seek financing on the back of the couch in the backwaters of the personal sector,” Adow said. . “Private sector financing should be separated from the country’s obligations under the UNFCCC. “