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Addressing the 28th assembly of the Conference of the Parties (CoP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Friday (01), President Ranil Wickremesinghe affirmed the historic importance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Medio Humano, emphasizing that its goal is to protect the environment for future generations. He referred to the alarming findings of UNEP’s 2023 report, “Broken Promises,” which warns of a 3 degree Celsius rise in global temperatures over the course of the end of the century.
Highlighting the challenges faced by developing countries, President Wickremesinghe stressed the disproportionate vulnerability and impact due to lower adaptive capacities in Finance, Technology, and Climate investments. He cited the Independent High-Level Expert Group Report on Climate Finance, which underscored the need for at least a US$ Trillion per annum to combat climate change.
The President congratulated the Government of the United Arab Emirates for hosting this occasion and expressed his gratitude for its warm hospitality.
Expressing concern about the lack of concrete measures in the report of the Transition Committee on financing modalities, the President called for a more transparent approach to addressing the problems of comprehensive debt relief. He questioned the advisability of avoiding debatable problems, highlighting the urgency of the climate crisis. .
President Wickremesinghe advocated for climate justice to be available to all nations and proposed a solution for a Climate Justice Forum. This forum, agreed at the V Asia-Pacific Ministers of Environmental Authorities Forum, aims to provide a platform for constructive and proactive engagements, with the proposal scheduled for the United Nations Environment Assembly on February 6, 2024.
Underscoring the critical nature of the current period, the President called for immediate action to find effective solutions, thinking outside the box and making investments in the tropical belt to address the triple planetary crisis. The tropical belt, which covers 134 countries and 44% of the Earth’s surface, is home to rich biodiversity and renewable energy potential. President Wickremesinghe announced plans to identify an organization capable of reporting on the Tropical Belt Initiative, highlighting its global impact.
As the current Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), President Wickremesinghe linked the health of the Indian Ocean to climate change. He stressed the need for a sustainable Blue Economy to counter the adverse effects of rising sea levels, ocean acidification, coral bleaching, and extreme weather patterns.
President Wickremesinghe also revealed plans to establish the International Climate Change University (ICCU) for capacity building and advancing research, operationalizing it next year. The ICCU aims to contribute significantly to global efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
“Chairperson, Excellencies, Esteemed Delegates, At the outset let me congratulate his highness and the Government of the United Arab Emirates for hosting COP28 and extend to you my gratitude for your warm hospitality.
The UNEP Report of 2023 “Broken Promises” warned that we are facing a 3 degree Celcius increase in global temperatures by the end of the century. It is we; the developing countries are both disproportionately vulnerable and disproportionately impacted due to their lower adaptive capacity when it comes to investments in Finance, Technology and Climate.
The report of the High-Level Independent Panel on Climate Finance highlighted that at least $1 trillion per year is needed to fight climate change. The Transition Committee for the coherent nationalisation of financing arrangements, in its report of 4 November 2023, calls for voluntary contributions to the “Loss and Damage Fund”. The report does not mention the necessary budget or the identity of the contributors. He is silent on the global debt relief factor. These are interconnected’
Nevertheless, four days later, the Technical Dialogue of the First Global Stocktake highlighted the requirements of a minimum of US$ trillion per annum. To arrive at a consensus not to take up a contentious issue is not a solution. Who are we fooling?
Climate justice will have to be available to all other people and all countries. In this context, Sri Lanka will propose a solution for a Climate Justice Forum that was agreed at the V Asia-Pacific Forum of Ministers of Environmental Authorities and will be proposed to the United Nations Assembly by 6 February 2024.
The Climate Justice Forum will provide us a platform for constructive and proactive engagements. The Secretary General of the UN highlighted, “The era of global boiling has arrived”. The enemy is at the gates. We are still procrastinating. We are still forming our battalions to take the fight to the enemy. Therefore, this fortnight is critical.
This will depend on whether we are able to provide leadership. Let’s show that we can achieve this through action and achievement.
Sri Lanka has pledged to respect the 1. 5 degrees Celsius limit. We are facing a dramatic scenario as we wait for disaster to strike. We want to think outside the box. We want to invest in the tropical belt to tackle the triple planetary crisis.
The tropical belt contains 134 countries covering 44% of the Earth’s surface and will be home to approximately 50% of the world’s population by 2030. Most of the world’s number one remaining forests are tropical, as are coral reef systems. The rich biodiversity of the tropical belt complements biological carbon sequestration and protects the planet from climate instabilities.
In addition, prospects for energy production from solar, wind and biomass are particularly higher in the tropics than in other parts of the world. However, anthropogenic activities in the tropical belt may gently lead to an imbalance in the balance of this region.
So much so that some scientists expect the tropical rain belt to move away from the equator during the 22nd century. Large-scale investments in renewable energy, pollutant control, and nature-based responses will drive significant transformative change around the world through carbon sequestration.
Therefore, Sri Lanka and other countries involved will convene a panel to report on the Tropical Belt Initiative. A multisectoral plan will be extended not only to the tropical region but also to the entire world. As the current president of the Indian Ocean Basin Association (IORA) said, Sri Lanka is focused on the interdependence between the Indian Ocean and climate change.
A healthy ocean generates oxygen and absorbs the carbon and heat produced by global warming. Mangroves and seagrass beds absorb more carbon than terrestrial forests. However, immediate climate change is changing the marine environment with emerging sea degrees and temperatures, ocean acidification, corals. bleaching, habitat destruction, and extreme weather. These phenomena have a direct effect on human life by altering ocean biodiversity, ocean-dependent food patterns, and coastal livelihoods. IORA Member States and partners will work to ensure a sustainable Indian Ocean for generations to come.
The Tropical Belt Initiative and the Indian Ocean IORA program in combination will shape the world’s largest carbon sink. They will respond to climate replacement needs, update clinical knowledge, and make effective use of those results.
That’s why, at COP27, I proposed the creation of an International University on Climate Change (ICCU) to build capacity and advance the studies needed to contribute to efforts to limit global warming to 1. 5 degrees Celsius. We will launch the International University on Climate Change (ICCU) next year.
Ministers Ali Sabry, Keheliya Rambukwella, Kanchana Wijesekera and MP Madhura Withana represented the parliamentarians. Champika Ranawaka and Ajith Mannapperuma represented the opposition. In addition, the President’s Senior Advisor on Climate Change Ruwan Wijewardena, the Secretary of the Ministry of Environment Dr. Anil Jasinghe, the Director of International Affairs Dinouk Colomboge, the Advisor to the Ministry of Finance Deshal De Mel and the President’s Private Secretary Ms. Sandra Perera were also present.
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The Department of Meteorology’s Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre has issued a RED ALERT for naval and fishing communities operating in the deep and shallow marine spaces of the southwestern Bay of Bengal.
The depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal which was located near latitude 10.3°N and longitude 85.3°E, at 2330hrs on 01 December and about 490 km northeast of Trincomalee will develop into a deep depression during next 12hrs and further into a Cyclonic storm by December 03, 2023. The system is expected to move west northwestward near the North coast of Sri Lanka towards North Tamil Nadu coast of India by December 05, 2023.
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