Turning ambition into action for adaptation to the effects of climate change ahead of COP26
COP26 President Alok Sharma at the launch of the Adaptation Action Coalition s water tracker, at a satellite event of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue 2021.
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4 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Good afternoon. And thank you to everyone for joining this event, and to our German friends for co-hosting it.
It is a real pleasure to help to launch this water sector initiative today.
For too long, adaptation has been the poor cousin of mitigation.
And – I can tell you – adaptation is very much a top priority for the UK’s COP26 Presidency.
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Turning ambition into action for adaptation to effects of climate change ahead of COP26
Good afternoon. And thank you to everyone for joining this event, and to our German friends for co-hosting it.
It is a real pleasure to help to launch this water sector initiative today.
For too long, adaptation has been the poor cousin of mitigation.
And – I can tell you – adaptation is very much a top priority for the UK’s COP26 Presidency.
That is why the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, launched the Adaption Action Coalition earlier this year, with our friends in Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, Netherlands and St Lucia.
4 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Good afternoon. And thank you to everyone for joining this event, and to our German friends for co-hosting it.
It is a real pleasure to help to launch this water sector initiative today.
For too long, adaptation has been the poor cousin of mitigation.
And – I can tell you – adaptation is very much a top priority for the UK’s COP26 Presidency.
That is why the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, launched the Adaption Action Coalition earlier this year, with our friends in Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, Netherlands and St Lucia.
The East African
Friday April 16 2021
By NICHOLAS KAY
Climate change is the most important challenge facing future generations, but it is already a daily reality in East Africa despite the region bearing almost none of the historic responsibility for global emissions.
Over the past year alone, East Africa has seen drought in Somalia, landslides in Uganda, locust swarms destroying crops in Kenya and Ethiopia and floods across the region, including in Rwanda.
This is a critical year for collective action to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In November, the UK will host the UN climate change conference COP26, in Glasgow with our partners, Italy. This will provide an opportunity for the world to come together and commit to urgent action.
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Ministers from Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, the European Union, Fiji, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States, United Arab Emirates, the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, and heads of the Asian Development Bank, Green Climate Fund, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, African Development Bank, Adaptation Fund, Caribbean Development Bank, Global Environment Facility, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) India, The Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus and youth representat