PenInfo Desk: The proposed target to mobilise $250 billion per year by 2035 is totally unacceptable and inadequate to delivering the Paris Agreement. The adaptation needs are $400 billion; $250 billion will lead to unacceptable loss of life in all around the world, and imperils the future of our world. Moreover, it is no longer developed countries who are responsible under this formulation. It is rendered as a target for which all countries are responsible and where developed countries are taking the lead. This is unacceptable.
Advisor of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of Bangladesh, Syeda Rizwana Hasan has expressed her profound disappointment with the latest text on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance, published by the COP29 Presidency as the conference nears its conclusion.
In her statement, she criticized the text as a “very disappointing package,” noting its failure to meet the critical needs of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
“The proposed decision to allocate USD 250 billion per year for all developing countries is shockingly insufficient,” she said, emphasizing that the amount is neither provisioned nor designated as grants. Furthermore, the text fails to allocate any dedicated funds to the most vulnerable 45 LDCs.
The Advisor highlighted the inadequacy of the COP29 outcomes in addressing climate finance challenges, despite this conference being explicitly focused on the issue. “The package has failed to provide the minimum required justification for an NCQG that should uplift the most vulnerable nations. It offers nothing concrete for LDCs and SIDS, leaving them exposed to escalating climate risks.”
Rizwana Hasan urged LDCs to resist this package, asserting that it “will make little difference in reality” without substantive revisions. She called on all stakeholders to advocate for a more ambitious, fair, and actionable climate finance framework that prioritizes the needs of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
As the final hours of COP29 unfold, the Advisor’s statement underscores the urgency for bold and equitable decisions to address the escalating climate crisis.
Editing by Nahid Akter
Peninfo/desk/22.11.24/11.56