S1E59: COP26 @ Glasgow, the last chance climate saloon?: Green Pulse Ep 59

Green Pulse Ep 59: COP26 @ Glasgow, the last chance climate
saloon?


18:04 min


Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


In less than two months, delegates from around the world will
gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for one of the most important
climate conferences ever held. Called COP26, the meeting aims to
agree an ambitious global deal to step up the fight against
climate change -- from deeper emissions cuts to more climate cash
for poorer nations. 


A deal in Glasgow is urgent. Recent extreme weather events have
shown no nation can escape nature’s wrath, but poorer nations
remain the most vulnerable because they have the least defences
and cash to rebuild. So what are the chances COP26 will be a
success? And will poorer nations finally get the resources they
need? 


In this episode, ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and
climate change editor David Fogarty talk to Dr Saleemul Huq,
director of the International Centre for Climate Change and
Development (ICCCAD), who is a leading climate scientist from
Bangladesh and has many years experience with the UN climate
talks process. He is also an expert on the impacts of climate
change on poorer nations and the urgent needs they face to adapt,
and build resilience, to more extreme weather and rising sea
levels.


They discuss the following points:
Key issues to be discussed at this year’s COP26 in November
(2:30) What bearing will recent extreme weather events have on the
international negotiations? (5:30) The evolution of climate talks
and the key issues that came up at each stage. (7:21) The concept
of loss and damage has gained prominence recently. What does this
mean exactly? (8:48)  What is the controversy surrounding
climate finance, and why is this important? (11:07)  What are
the concerns from climate activists about the participation of
developing countries at COP26? (15:18)

Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis & Fa’izah Sani


Edited by: Hadyu Rahim


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