Seal a JUST deal
Climate Change has a disproportionate impact on the poorest countries, who have contributed the least to the problem. Africa, for instance, accounts for less than 3 percent of global emissions, yet its 850 million inhabitants face some of the biggest challenges from drought and disrupted water supplies. Moreover, poor countries lack the basic infrastructure and financial means to respond adequately to these challenges. Decades of development gains are under threat due to climate change.
There is a general fear that negotiations may end without an agreement and talks may have to resume in 2010. Developed and developing countries must ‘seal a just deal’ in Copenhagen by putting development objectives and the MDGs at the core of any current and future agreement. Moreover, the resources allocated to climate change mitigation and alleviation should be additional to existing development commitments, as well as predictable and sustainable.
