Shoplifting hits record high in Germany: Are criminal gangs behind it? https://www.byteseu.com/1165913/ #GermanEconomy #Germany #LossAndDamage #OrganisedCrime #PovertyRisk #RetailTrade #thief

New #COP29 climate finance text is out. A vague $1.3T target with no teeth, $250B in debt-creating finance, 0 commitment to end fossil fuels & no mention of #HumanRights nor #LossAndDamage. Rich countries are dodging climate responsibilities & vulnerable nations will again pay the price.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hib5tyjjcjel3x6kdhrgnasm/post/3lbjxtbvz4c2g

While the Southeast of #Spain flooded again,
leaders of Southern Africa met to discuss disaster risk reduction from #ENSO events.
https://www.undrr.org/news/leaders-unite-address-impacts-el-nino-eastern-and-southern-africa

Good to see nation states working together. This past #ElNino has affected 60 million people directly in SouthWest #Africa with the effects of the drought and 5 millions with floods in the East. The incoming #LaNina turns the table: West Southern Africa will flood and the East run dry.
"Nearly 30 million people in Southern Africa face crisis levels of food insecurity."
"Since 2000, climate-related disasters have caused an estimated $540 billion in #LossAndDamage in the region, and such events are becoming more intense and frequent because of #ClimateChange

Sadly, no one spoke of getting to CO2zero asap. But getting independent from fossil fuel imports and related geo-political power games, and getting clean cooking fuel to everyone, and getting rid of toxic air pollution in cities are huge benefits.

The #Philippines has been chosen to host the board of the "#LossAndDamage" fund created by #UN talks, marking another step towards providing #FinancialHelp for countries to recover and rebuild from the impact of #GlobalWarming.

Last month, the #WorldBank's board approved a plan for the bank to act as interim host of the fund for four years.

Philippines chosen to host climate 'loss and damage' fund board
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-chosen-host-climate-loss-damage-fund-board-2024-07-09/

Analysis: #Africa’s unreported #ExtremeWeather in 2022 and #ClimateChange

by Daisy Dune, October 26, 2022

"From deadly #floods in #Nigeria to devastating #drought in #Somalia, Africa has faced a run of severe – and sometimes unprecedented – extreme weather events since the start of 2022.

"But while the US hurricane season and 40C heat in the UK have captured headlines, many of Africa’s most extreme and life-changing weather events went largely unreported in global-north media.

"Ahead of COP27 in Egypt – which is being referred to as 'Africa’s COP' – Carbon Brief has used disaster data, humanitarian reports and local testimony to investigate Africa’s 2022 extreme weather events – and examined how they could be linked to climate change, according to scientists.

"Carbon Brief’s analysis of disaster records finds that extreme weather events in Africa have killed at least 4,000 people and affected a further 19 million since the start of 2022. However, the impacts of African extreme events often go unrecorded – especially for #heatwaves – and so the true figures are likely to be much higher.

"The investigation also shows that:

Drought and famine have killed 2,500 people in #Uganda and affected eight million in Ethiopia this year [2022]
More than 600 people have died in #Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade. This includes 76 people who were killed when a boat carrying flood victims capsized.
Southern African countries, including #Madagascar and #Mozambique, were battered by six severe storms this year, killing at least 890 people.
Temperatures reached #48C in #Tunisia in July [2022], fanning the flames of extreme #wildfires.
Nearly two million people in #Chad were affected by floods in August and October.

"The toll of extreme weather on African lives is one example of 'loss and damage' – a term to describe how climate change is already harming people, especially the world’s most vulnerable.

"'Africa contributes 4% of global emissions, yet is at the frontline of the loss and damage. #LossAndDamage finance is not negotiable,' #AdenikeOladosu, a climate activist from Nigeria, tells Carbon Brief."

Read more:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-africas-unreported-extreme-weather-in-2022-and-climate-change/

The #UNFCCC’s #lossanddamage fund is holding its first board meeting.

Eerily similar to early #GCF meetings ten years ago: Similar issues (doing #climatefinance differently, direct access, role of WB), similar rhetoric, even some of the same delegates.
https://unfccc.int/event/first-meeting-of-the-board-of-the-fund-for-responding-to-loss-and-damage

"Decolonising Climate Coloniality in an era of Loss & Damage : A Primer for Artists".

23 Feb 2024
13:00-14:15 GMT
Speakers: Farhana Sultana and Harjeet Singh
Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEDxkATsGrGgadsYYzB7jUqKRkqAjWsjv90Pyo-6BsavhGGA/viewform

A rose by any other name?

Benito Müller considers the history – and future – of #lossanddamage nomenclature under the #UNFCCC.

https://blog.oxfordclimatepolicy.org/nomen-est-omen/

Die 5 Hauptergebnisse von #COP28 lassen einen etwas ratlos zurück: Besser als befürchtet, deutlich schlechter als die Wissenschaft empfiehlt.

Und es sei erinnert:

Globaler #LossandDamage-Fund = $ 700 Mio.

Ahrweiler = € 30 Mrd.

https://theconversation.com/five-major-outcomes-from-the-latest-un-climate-summit-219655

Been thinking of my late mentor & collaborator Dr. Saleemul Huq & wondering what he would have had to say about #COP28. Or how his presence there might have informed, inspired, interrupted different discussions, as it had in all prior COPs. Pretty sure he would have had scathing words at the end.

Perhaps he was spared having to witness paltry commitments to #LossAndDamage & #Adaptation #climatefinance & lack of concrete plans on #JustTransition #fossilfuels