Leaders of civil society from most vulnerable countries (MVCs) and least developed countries (LDCs) demanded a concreate commitment for ‘ending fossil fuel’ from the big emitters for a de-carbonized world in future.
They also demanded ‘a percentage of their gross national income (GNI) for finalizing the new collective and quantified goal (NCQG) on finance for 2025-2030 period.
They made the call at a press conference during the first day of the ongoing Cop 29 global climate conference in Baku of Azerbaiojan.
The press conference, titled “LDC’s & MVC Peoples’ Expectations and CoP 29,” took place at the CoP 29 climate conference center in Baku.
Representatives from various civil society organizations (CSOs) including Avishek Shrestha from DBI-Nepal, Soumya Datta from India and Tetet Neura Lauron from Rosa Luxemburg, Philippine, Thailk Kariyawasan from Sri Lanka and Mrityunjoy Das from Bangladesh participated and shared their insights during the press conference.
The keynote address on civil society expectations was presented by Aminul Hoque from EquityBD, Bangladesh.
Presenting the keynote, Aminul Hoque said that global leaders continued to fail to their commitment with compliance in both mitigation and financing responsibilities and showing or come with new idea, vague solution those are creates obstacles and diluting MVCs priorities and demands.
The proposed climate finance action fund (CFAF) in CoP29 negotiation is a “Vague Idea” which he said is to divert the core attention of demanding Trillion Dollar financing commitment from developed countries for NCQG.
He put some key demands in favor of civil society, which include developed countries must change their theory of diverting peoples’ demand and give a real commitment in both mitigation and financing for next 10-year period 2025-35, a political declaration from big emitters for ending fossil fuel by closing and phasing out of all coal and fossil fuel-based power plants by 2040 to get impact by 2050.
This declaration must be reflected in national determined contribution (NDC) in 2025, he said adding, the existing climate financing system is extremely unfair and debt-driven.
So that the NCQG must be designed through ensuring a percentage of GNI of developed countries, Haque demanded.
This fund will be delivered followed by sub-sector of NCQG like adaptation, mitigation, and capacity development of MVC and LDCs, he added.
Mrityunjoy Das of CAREE Bangladesh opined that 300 million people are suffering food security around the world and these people need to adapt with climate change impact.
“We also need to protect the nature and align the new NDCs with Kunming- Montreal bio-diversity Protocol,” he said.
Soumya Datta said that, Azerbaijan has an opportunity to show genuine climate leadership learning from previous cop events and by focusing debate on the decarbonization dilemmas of petro-states.
Using UNFCCC dialogues Azerbaijan will take initiatives for exploring appropriate solutions, she hoped.
