In your opinion, what new provisions and declarations made at the UN Climate Summit COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, will prove fundamentally helpful for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the development of international cooperation to solve global problems, in protecting the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of the planet?
Since Sunday 6.11.2022 in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh for about 2 weeks, the United Nations Conference on Mainly Emerging Climate Change, i.e. the UN Climate Summit COP27, is underway, with lectures, debates and discussions on the question of what needs to be done to increase the scale of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the development of international cooperation to solve global problems, to slow down the progressive process of global warming, to counteract the negative effects of this process, necessary to take decisions to protect the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of the planet. What needs to be done is obvious, as even the children of the Youth Climate Strike, which has finally been recognized by the UN and admitted to UN Climate Summits since COP27, know this. What needs to be done in terms of urgently and swiftly carrying out a green transformation of the energy sector to avoid or reduce the scale of the global climate catastrophe that may already occur at the end of this 21st century is already well known. Today we have a significantly different reality in terms of environmental and climate awareness in many different circles not only in the scientific community, but also in the media, parts of business, politics, etc. In the reality of the previous energy crisis, i.e. in the 1970s, emerging signals from the world of science informing and warning about the growing risks and threats to the future of the climate, the biosphere, biodiversity, future generations of people resulting from the progressive process of global warming were ignored and swept under the rug in the world of business and politics. As a result, at that time there was also a high scale of ignorance in the media world about the growing dangers of the greenhouse effect generated by increasing greenhouse gas emissions of civilization origin, mainly from the development of dirty combustion energy and ignoring the technological and financial possibilities of developing renewable and emission-free energy sources. Today, the level of pro-climate and pro-environmental awareness is much higher. On the other hand, half a century of time has already been lost, because so much earlier the processes of carrying out a pro-environmental and pro-climate transformation of the classic growth, brown, linear economy of excess to a sustainable, green, zero-carbon zero-growth and closed-loop economy could have been started Now we also know that the key issue is time, in fact, it is already very limited time to carry out a full green transformation of energy but also other pro-climate measures such as. stopping the process of forest deforestation, carrying out the transformation of the agricultural sector towards the development of sustainable organic farming, the development of hydrogen-fueled electromobility, etc. The lost time of the mid-century will not be made up, but there is an opportunity to save a significant part of the planet's biosphere and biodiversity, to slow down the progressive process of global warming, to reduce the scale, also for the next generations of people, of the negative effects of the global climate catastrophe, which, unfortunately, is already imminent, since already in the current 21st century may occur. Now we also know that much depends on the development of international cooperation, including economic and financial assistance from developed countries provided to the economically poorest countries to support the green economic transformation processes taking place in these countries and to mitigate the negative effects of climate change. At the previous UN Climate Summit COP26, a new and particularly important provision and declaration of many countries was the issue of stopping the deforestation of areas of natural forest ecosystems by the end of the current decade, i.e. by 2030. But we now know that waiting until 2030 to fulfill this kind of declaration is not a wise solution either, because in order for the strategic goal of green transformation to be achieved, the goal set during the 2015 Paris Agreement, i.e. limiting the increase in the average level of the atmosphere's temp. by max. 1.5 degrees C counting from the beginning of the first industrial revolution until the end of the 21st century, the mentioned green transformation of the economy globally would have to be achieved not by the end of 2050 but within the current decade. This means urgent and drastic paradigm shifts, new decisions made at the policy level, new green strategies and missions established by many companies, businesses, corporations, including especially those operating in the energy sector. An exceptionally large representation of companies, enterprises, corporations operating in the dirty combustion energy sector at the UN Climate Summit COP27 may prove to be a positive aspect. It will prove to be a positive aspect of this issue if indeed the era of ignorance is replaced by an era of real action to bring about the smooth implementation of a green, i.e. pro-climate, pro-environmental and thus pro-social transformation of the energy sector towards future generations of people. Green energy technologies are already available. For example, clean energy technologies generated from hydrogen power. A transitional solution may be the development of other renewable energy sources. The technology of clean energy generated from nuclear fusion needs to be refined and will also soon be achievable. Banks and other financial institutions are eager to finance the green transformation of the economy. The problem of global warming and its negative effects is a global problem. Therefore, it is necessary to increase international cooperation to increase the scale of support, synergy, simultaneity of the processes of pro-climate and pro-environmental transformation of the economy implemented in all countries. It is necessary to develop green financing of afforestation programs for civilizationally degraded areas and wastelands, since forests are an important factor in absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere. Countries characterized by a low level of economic development without external assistance alone are unable to efficiently and quickly make a green transformation of the economy, including, among other things. make the necessary changes in agriculture by changing the dominant crop production models so that this is done according to the model of sustainable organic agriculture production of crops as a source of food primarily for people, which is particularly important in the reality of increasingly frequent periods of drought and other negative effects of the progressive process of global warming, declining productivity in terms of the level of production of crops per hectare, the growing problem of hunger in the poorest countries and often already most burdened by the negative effects of climate change. We know what needs to be done, but we don't really know how to raise the issue of making the green transition a priority of global environmental and climate policy, and how to establish such a priority at the global level. The UN COP Climate Summits are trying to make this happen, but for the time being this is basically done only on the basis of non-committal declarations made by individual countries and, unfortunately, often not all countries, that something will be done about the green transformation of the economy over the next few years or a few decades. And unfortunately, time is short.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of researchers and scientists:
What, in your opinion, do you think the new provisions and declarations made at the UN Climate Summit COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, will prove fundamentally helpful for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the development of international cooperation to solve global problems, in the protection of the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of the planet?
What is your opinion on this topic?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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For COP27, little has changed from COP26:
1. "Do we really need more climate change COPs?"
https://medium.com/@climighealth/do-we-really-need-more-climate-change-cops-by-ilan-kelman-e0ffd57b78bd
2. "Will $100 Billion Per Year Tackle Climate Change?"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-choice/202109/will-100-billion-year-tackle-climate-change
3. "At COP-26, Climate Change Should Not Go Solo"
https://www.buildingsandcities.org/insights/commentaries/cop26-linkages.html
Dear researchgate fellow researchers,
COP27 is another political mere game arena for the politicians to attend and nod with their fellow cartel country or states, in political systematic game of political correction, in exercising very selected approved phrases, as slogan among them.
However, UK had new Prime Minister, a record breaking new history making chapter ethnic Indian , non-white Prime Minister, after all been selected (not elected). Mr Sunak UK Prime Minister, at the last minute decision took on, went on joined the COP27, there Mr Sunak in open conference speech, agreed to the pledge UK took in COP26.
I was told last year, I was told from House of Common on the phone conversation that they are working on climate change topic and he told me my book title is in wrong order. Action Plan Climate Solution. They are going in order of plan, then action.
It was stated at the parliament this week on Mr Sunak's return from COP27, as such, from Paris there was an aggrement, from Glasgow, a plan and from Sham el Sheik, An Action. Let's the Action be to protect the planet earth. Please, in collaboration, write to Those Governments with an instruction of Action Plan. For the funds to be organised in an appropriate, useful manner, to well and constructive Task Force. Please take step in to take responsibility, offer guidance instruction, shall not let the fund to be wasted.
Action after all is the provision and declaration made on behalf of 1st countries world leaders, pledged to promised Climate fund and compensation. USA after all attended, catched on COP27 today. Made a pledge to a large sum of funding for the climate change cause.
Regards,
Fatema Miah
Resolution and declaration.
Justice is essential. Compromise should accompany with the compensation.
Yes, political being been playing mere Scape gGoat, for such a long time about climate and Earth.
The biosphere and biodiversity has been vastly in stake, endured harsh neglegence and abuses, not been maintained well, for the past many centuries political conquest and rule, of might of right. One nations hero is another nations villain, as such the planet earth was cause damage to.
There faith or religion is played badly and sadly it's the hardest aspect causing worse political conflicts . Specifically, Arab region is the hard-core topic matter, for their dismissive nature, political correctness isn't applied well.
With compensation compromise is certainly also essential. For some communities, compromise is their potential happiness and freedom, it's better to give up for the sake of entire community of people and for betterment of the younger generation. I am talking about Palestinians.
Climate migration is essential. It must begin now with plan of Palestinians relocation plan. Let Israel contribute to the cause, financially. Saudi must allocate land area in the North West region of Saudi Arabia. New Palestinians state to be built on.
For the religion, and Jerusalem there must be an aggrement of a treaty of international religious freedom and right of access to Jerusalem to be totally free of Israel, under international separate Committee.
As COP27 implementation you are asking about. Walls comes in discussions.
Seawalls I have repeatedly wrote for land protection. Biosphere and biodiversity protection. In support of my proposal statement I am adding another reported statement below.
A fellow researchgate co-member wrote, "The Great Green Wall is an African initiative aimed at restoring 100 hectares of degraded land in the Sahel region by 2030."
Further he continued, "The launch of the Israeli program was staged in the Senegal pavilion at the UN climate conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in front of a crowded audience from Africa, which included the environment ministers of Mali and Mauritania and a member of parliament from Chad.
Sinai Gohar Barak, Ecosystem Development Manager for DeserTech, said the project has two goals: developing and deploying technology that solves global problems, and making the Negev a global hub for desert technology.
Stretching between the Sahara desert to the north and the savannah to the south, the hot and dry Sahel is not only one of the poorest regions on earth, but also one of the most vulnerable to the ravages of climate change. These impacts include drought, food shortages, conflicts over natural resources, and mass migration."
Regards
Fatema Miah
The urgency is calling. Action is must.
Anymore suffering and damages cannot be ignored.
Link below about Australia.
https://youtu.be/7fk2uWrouSU
Dear Dariusz, it is not a question whether declarations made at COP27 will prove fundamentally helpful. Declarations which solve the Climate Change problem? I have not read about one whatsoever yet!
The CCI's (Climate Change Impacts) are however making havoc on our planet, all over the place! According to the Belgian Federal Minister of Energy, we have left about a 10 years window of opportunity to let all countries on this planet turn their policies into the same direction to solutions and life saving. It will require harsh reconversion strategies, and remediating actions to stop the path humanity is following now - according to the UN Chief Executive Officer Guterrez - ,... straight into a Climate Hell at an increase of atmospheric CO2 of 1.58 ppm CO2 per year!
Hence, helpful declarations are like handouts to homeless fugitives, ... fundamentally useless! We will need the next ten year window of opportunity to implent the solutions, which we have at hand as we speak! And there are lots of them!
CHeers,
Frank
The Saudis taking the lead with 24 other nations to fund the Middle East Green Initiative, part of which will plant 50 billion trees, and the goal of becoming carbon neutral ahead of everyone else. You can watch their opening day meeting on YouTube, with Indian, Pakistan, UK and China as members. Planting trees may create world peace. Nice to see two mortal enemies like India and Pakistan, who have 100 nucs each aimed at each other, sot down to talk about tree planting? Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhR4fgmg0P0
The plan developed as follows:
1.) website https://www.ecoseeds.com/cool.html proposes in 2002 to cool the planet by replanting desert areas, starting with the Arabian Peninsula.
2.) The Saudi government considers the proposal and in August 2010 sets aside 100 million hectares as Ecological Restoration Preserves, to start the planting process. Now, expanded to 200 million. If you are going to use plants to sequester carbon, they need to be replanted and protected.
3.) October, 2021, a plan to do the replanting is established called the Saudi Green Initiative, to plant 10 billion trees at the rate of one million per week.
4.) COP27 meeting, Saudis take the lead and expand the plan to 24 countries, and rename "Middle East Green Initiative" and also expand to 50 billion trees planted.
Anyone could join the fun, and start a North American Green Initiative, or a European Green Initiative, it just takes the politicians to show some leadership.
I am very surprised that my posting about the "Middle East Green Initiative" did not get ANY Recommendations? What were you expecting, the USA to propose the same type of initiative, when we will be the last country in the world to do something about CO2.
I think we need to be eternally grateful for the Saudis taking the lead last year and going alone until this year, when they were able to get 24 countries to join in the fun of planting 50 billion trees to offset CO2? That is His Excellency the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia opening the meeting on that historic day on November 7.