Best Practices for Combating the Impacts of Climate Change. opens Denmark which, thanks to an increasingly deeply rooted green consciousness, is launching an initiative that could revolutionize the relationship between the world’s most prosperous economies and economically weaker countries. Impressing everyone with her resourcefulness and foresight, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Minister for Development and Cooperation Flemming Møller Mortensen, announced during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday that the Danish government will allocate 100 million crowns (almost 13.5 million euros at the current exchange rate) in favor of territories that have suffered “losses and damages” as a result of climate change.
The decision came after the minister visited parts of Bangladesh hit hard by the floods last spring, remaining deeply disturbed.. The perception that the worst effects of global warming are often paid for by the poorest segments of the population has prompted the Danish government to act to help partly rebuild the devastated areas. The allocated amount, of course, represents only a small contribution compared to the cost of human and material damage. – in Pakistan alone, the recent floods that killed almost 1,500 people are estimated to cost 10 billion euros – but this is an important signal of solidarity and cooperation among peoples.
“This is extremelygramIt’s just that the world’s poorest countries are the ones most affected by the effects of climate change, to which they have made only minimal contributions.”Through this new agreement, words follow deeds,” Mortensen wrote in a statement. “We are working with civil society, governments, the private sector and experts to address one of the biggest challenges of our time.” , 40 million crowns. will be sent directly to local actors in selected areas, 35 will go to the treasury of the InsuResilience Global Partnership, a program launched at the G7 in Bonn in 2015 for the most vulnerable groups, and the remaining 25 million will form a reserve “in support of the climate negotiations” that will take place during COP27 scheduled for November in Sharm El Sheikh.
With the exception of local governments in Scotland and the Belgian region of Wallonia, so far it has never happened that a UN country has dedicated some of its resources to support other countries in combating the effects of climate change.. On the other hand, it is no coincidence that Denmark has introduced this best practice. Denmark is in first place with a score of 77.90, ahead of the UK and Finland, compared to 63 in 2012, according to Yale’s Environmental Performance Index, which annually calculates the environmental performance of 180 countries. For comparison, Italy is in 23rd place after Cyprus and ahead of Ireland with a score of 57.70 and an increase of only 6 points over 10 years. We have things to improve.
Source: Elle