The 1.5°C Reader
17 NOVEMBER 2022
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has flown to the attempted rescue of troubled climate talks in Egypt, warning of a “breakdown in trust” between rich and poor governments that could scupper hopes of a deal.
There are four key concerns: countries’ plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with limiting global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels; how to help poor countries adapt to the effects of the climate crisis; finance for poor countries to cut emissions and adapt to extreme weather; and loss and damage, which covers ways of helping countries afflicted by the worst ravages of climate disaster.
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17 NOVEMBER 2022
Petre Williams-Raynor
With mere days to go before the latest United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) is history, battle-weary negotiators from the Caribbean and other small island developing states (SIDS) have noted their frustration with the slow progress on financial arrangements for loss and damage.
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17 NOVEMBER 2022
Dizzanne Billy
With just one day left in the global conference, there still has not been the establishment of an Loss & Damage funding facility. Instead, we’ve been witnessing an obvious tiptoeing around this agenda item by developed countries.
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17 NOVEMBER 2022
RYAN BACHOO
If the Caribbean is on the frontlines of this climate change crisis, it is now sending its soldiers to lead the battle at the geopolitical level.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has emerged as the political voice of small island developing states around the world. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, meanwhile, brought loss and damage funding to the negotiating table as a COP27 agenda item as chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
Now, Grenadian Simon Stiell is settling into his new role as United Nations Climate Change Secretariat Executive Secretary.
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17 NOVEMBER 2022
At the U.N. climate summit in Egypt, leaders of developing nations have repeatedly said it’s not fair to expect them to cover the costs of rebuilding from devastating weather events in a warming world, plus invest in cleaner industry while they also pay much higher interest rates on loans than rich nations.
A plan put forward by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley would overhaul the way much of development lending works. It is also giving voice to developing nations struggling under rising debt from climate damage.
15 NOVEMBER 2022
This editorial calling for action from world leaders on the climate crisis is published today by more than 30 media organisations in more than 20 countries
Rich countries account for just one in eight people in the world today but are responsible for half of greenhouse gases. These nations have a clear moral responsibility to help. Developing nations should be given enough cash to address the dangerous conditions they did little to create – especially as a global recession looms.
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14 NOVEMBER 2022
Prime Minister Gaston Brown, of Antigua and Barbuda, has angrily rejected the idea his people should be forced to migrate, and warned that climate diplomacy is failing to act with anything like the urgency needed.
15 NOVEMBER 2022
Governments are supposed to be building on pledges made last year at Cop26 in Glasgow. These include limiting global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, doubling the amount of financial assistance for poor countries to adapt to the impacts of extreme weather, and addressing the issue of loss and damage, which means financial assistance for countries stricken by climate disaster.
However, documents and proposals seen by the Guardian on Tuesday, and accounts from negotiating teams, showed some countries attempting to unpick agreements and water down commitments.
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15 NOVEMBER 2022
America’s approach to loss and damage financing for developing nations is eerily reminiscent of the fossil fuel industry’s delay tactics for stalling climate policy.
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15 NOVEMBER 2022
To sift through some of the key issues around loss and damage, The New Humanitarian spoke to a range of voices attending COP27: people from disaster-hit communities, frontline humanitarians, aid workers, and officials from governments pushing for change.
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