Even if we were to cut all the world's greenhouse gas emissions tomorrow, we would still be left coping with rising temperatures and an unpredictable climate. That’s why adaptation is, literally, a hot topic at COP26.
Nevertheless, the annual $100 billion promised for climate finance in the 2015 Paris Agreement – half of which was to be earmarked to help developing countries to cope with the climate crisis – has yet to materialize.
In today’s Lid Is On podcast from COP26, Conor Lennon and Laura Quiñones talk to UN officials and activists about adaptation and, with the conference past the half-way point, they take stock of week one.
Music: "Within the Earth", Ketsa, and "Into the Amazon", Emily Burridge
This content originally appeared on UN News and was authored by Conor Lennon/ UN News.
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