Climate Change
Climate change is the long-term alteration of temperature and weather patterns. Unexpected changes in weather patterns make it difficult to maintain and grow crops in regions that rely on farming because expected temperature and rainfall levels can no longer be counted on. Climate change has also been connected with other damaging weather events, such as more frequent and more intense hurricanes, typhoons, floods, downpours, and winter storms. Climate change is largely caused by human activity, primarily the burning of fossil fuels like oil, coal, and natural gas. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels, methane, and nitrous oxide, among others, are called “greenhouse gases.” When released into the Earth’s atmosphere, these gases trap heat from the sun’s rays causing Earth’s average temperature to rise. This rise in the planet's temperature is called global warming. While the climate has continually changed throughout the Earth's history, it has usually been a slow process over thousands of years. Climate change caused by human activity is occurring at a much faster and more dangerous rate.
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Miser sur ce que nous savons: Regards croisés sur lʼengagement multi-acteurs pour des CDN plus efficaces pour la sécurité alimentaire
Drawing on a wide range of Francophone perspectives, including researchers and policymakers, this COP 27 event explored how governments can better coordinate their actions on agriculture and climate at the national and global levels.
Carbon Capture and Storage – Where is it in Africa and What Can Be Learned for Emerging Economies?
This event highlighted the experience of emerging economies in the Global South in decarbonizing their economies through CCS projects and relevant lessons from the experience of the USA, Norway, UK and Canada.
Fostering Technology Innovation to Support Countries in Implementing the Paris Agreement
Technology for effective climate action exists but, according to environmentalist Bertrand Piccard's intervention in a COP 27 side event, it needs to be “pulled” to market: “What we should expect from decision-makers today is to be much more ambitious in legal frameworks, norms, and standards to create a necessity” to use efficient technology.
GEF Small Grants Programme – Local Action, Global Impact: Reflecting on 30 years of community engagement
This event celebrated that milestone anniversary and highlighted the programme's delivery of more than USD 720 million in funding to over 27,000 community-based projects across 136 countries.
Resilience Frontiers Lab at COP 27
Exploring Resilience Frontiers’ eight pathways to a desirable future, the creative programme at COP 27 took participants into a world of abundance, where nature and humanity thrive in harmony with each other.
Ocean Futures Lab
UN climate and biodiversity processes happen too often in siloes, each attracting a different set of experts and thus creating separate conversations. In an event on Ocean-based climate solutions, panelists called for much greater cooperation between biodiversity and climate international frameworks.
Promoting and Expanding Implementation of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)
Cooperative mechanisms such as Japan's Joint Crediting Mechanism contribute to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and realizing a decarbonized society, panelists of a side event argued.
Accelerating Action for a Climate-resilient Future Through National Adaptation Plans
As countries strive to put climate adaptation at the heart of decision-making, tools such as the National Adaptation Plans process, established in 2010 under the Cancun Adaptation Framework, came under focus at a side event on the challenges of devising, implementing, and monitoring NAPs.
Rio Conventions Pavilion at COP 27
The Rio Conventions Pavilion at COP 27 organized a series of events exploring land restoration, Africa’s NDC implementation in global food and energy crises, youth initiatives, and the Great Green Wall Initiative
Empowering a Climate-Resilient Africa for the 21st Century: Articulating vision and opportunity
At what is being referred to as the "African COP," political, industry, and civil society leaders voiced strong condemnations of shortcomings in adaptation financing for Africa.