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Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera

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2021-02-23
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  1. “We thank the Green Climate Fund and encourage further reforms aimed at making timely disbursements of financial resources and simplifying methodologies for approving eligible projects. In conclusion, we look forward to further discussions on various agendas of the Paris Agreement on the road to COP26. We also look forward to the active engagement and participation of various climate stakeholders and experts in the process for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, to be held in Doha from 23 to 27 January 2022. My country is currently hosting the African Regional Review meetings for LDCs, and I thank the United Nations and all the organizers and participants in that regard.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  2. “Fourthly, developed countries should actively and meaningfully transfer climate-friendly technologies to help LDCs build their capacity for adaptation and mitigation and accelerate green development. Fifthly, the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience, announced at the Climate Action Summit in September 2019, steps up the climate ambition of LDCs. We reiterate our commitment to the vision to deliver climate-resilient development pathways by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050. Sixthly, all agencies responsible for disbursing climate financing should ensure that the resources trickle down to local communities. Past reports have shown that less than 20 per cent of total financing benefited local communities in LDCs.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  3. “Developed countries should fulfil their commitments to provide $100 billion annually in climate financing, in a predictable manner. In that regard, we reiterate the call to allocate 50 per cent of the Green Climate Fund S/2021/198 for adaptation, and 50 per cent of those funds should be allocated to the LDCs, small island developing States and vulnerable countries in Africa. We call for a binding commitment from the international community on this quantitative target at COP26 and the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries. The Security Council should promote adaptation as a prevention paradigm while strengthening the international framework for addressing loss and damage.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  4. “Secondly, we must limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Existing commitments to cut emissions are woefully inadequate in developed countries, and advanced developing countries must come forward with ambitious emission cuts at the twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26). We are encouraged by the fact that the United States officially rejoined the Paris climate accord last Friday, thus generating further momentum in global efforts to tackle climate change. Thirdly, the United Nations Adaptation Finance Gap Report estimated that by 2030, adaptation costs are likely to be in the range of $140 billion to $300 billion per annum. Increasing climate finance accessibility, including for adaptation and loss and damage, also remains critical.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  5. “Climate change, like the COVID-19 pandemic, knows neither borders nor race. It continues to impact both rich and poor countries indiscriminately. The LDC group welcomes all discussions on climate security but insists on finding concrete solutions aimed at enhancing climate adaptation and resilience for all, with special emphasis on the most vulnerable countries. The LDC group would like to highlight the following points for the Council’s consideration with a view to addressing climate change and achieving sustainable development, peace and security. First, the immediate task ahead of us is to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. That process should be aligned with a transformation pathway to limit global temperature increase to 1.5°C, in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  6. “The climate- change-security nexus takes many forms. Climate refugees are people who leave their homes because of conflicts emanating from water scarcity, cyclones, desertification and other climate-related natural phenomena. For example, fights for grazing land are frequent in Africa. With only 0.34 metric tons per capita of carbon dioxide emissions, compared with 10.4 metric tons in high-income countries, the LDCs are bearing the brunt of the impacts of climate change. Tens of millions of our people are being pushed into extreme poverty, thus worsening existing inequalities. Projections by the World Economic Outlook of the International Monetary Fund show that in 2021, world output will grow by 5.5 per cent, while sub-Saharan Africa, including the LDCs, will grow at only 3.2 per cent — thereby exacerbating existing inequalities.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  7. “I have the honour to deliver these remarks on behalf of the group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs). I would like to begin by thanking the Right Honourable Boris Johnson for extending an invitation to my delegation, in its capacity as Chair of the LDC group, to address the Security Council. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has proved to be a debilitating crisis for the LDCs — impacting the health, social and economic sectors. It is quite clear that the quest to address the disruptions caused by the pandemic has caused many pre-existing development issues to be sidelined. That will have serious impacts on the ability of LDCs to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The climate emergency is likely to further intensify competition for resources and threaten the very existence of hundreds of millions of people.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source