For the first time, the issue of climate compensation was brought up during the COP27 discussions, giving hope to increasingly vulnerable nations like the Pacific Islands.
It comes amid predictions that losses from climate change could approach $1 trillion by 2030, with only a small portion of that amount committed so far.
The shift today is as noticeable as the oceans and atmosphere, according to 1News meteorologist Dan Corbett, who has been forecasting the weather for years.
“It’s similar to having a small bonfire where you just take some gasoline and say boof and it goes up and that is what we observe. You add more fuel, more warmth in the atmosphere. Every day, storms in the Pacific and elsewhere across the world demonstrate this. They simply are more vicious, intense, and “said he.
Up to four strong tropical cyclones and above-average rainfall are expected this season, according to Fiji.
Flooding alone continues to be one of the main causes of death during any cyclone occurrence, according to the country’s acting minister for disaster management, Jone Usamate, who made this statement in Fiji.
Usamate stated that a total of 17 individuals have perished between 2017 and August 2021.
As a result of flooding and droughts, low-lying Kiribati in the central Pacific has proclaimed a state of disaster.
There are now growing calls for climate compensation, where richer countries pay for climate change to poorer countries.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated, “There is no way anyone can argue that there is no loss and no damage.”
To help vulnerable communities and developing nations, the entire world must band together.
While many vulnerable communities are doing what they can to buy time to protect their homes, they say real protection is keeping the world’s temperature rise to 1. 5C..
During COP27 climate compensation talks, there is hope for disadvantaged nations.
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