CHANGE FOR GOOD

The bitter taste that left us the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – Warsaw, kept us all asking ourselves if we will be able to achieve the objectives of 2015 or if we will ever get to achieve them.

As the Kyoto protocol says, there are three different mechanisms to place climate change and greenhouse effects:

1. International Emissions Trading
2. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
3. Joint Implementation (JI)

All of this mechanisms are ruled by the cost-effective way. Is it really working?

What about taking a risk, widen the horizons and try with the multi-criteria analysis? We have being struggling for years with the climate change, we know that all the countries have to take part of this decision, doesn’t matter if they are rich or poor, big or small, they count.

“It is not possible to solve climate change with one meeting, with one COP, with one negotiation. It is imperative that every single one of this climate talkers, which I want to hear, gives a very firm step forward in the right direction…” said Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

There were some mechanisms that pop out in the conference like the Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts. Is better to prevent that lo lament. In a few words, we cannot stay waiting for the disaster to come, we have to be prepare.

“We have seen essential progress. But let us again be clear that we are witnessing ever more frequent, extreme weather events, and the poor and vulnerable are already paying the price,” said Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

We all know that preventing disasters costs in monetary costs and in human costs much less. So why don’t we all think together as a same world? Why don’t we come up with different ideas that can be applicable to all different countries?

We can highlight a very interesting way of finding funds, like The Adaptation Fund. It offers an inspiring example of efficient and entrepreneurial approaches to climate adaptation. It has pioneered an innovative and agile model for climate finance. The Adaptation Fund’s robust and fully‐developed direct access mechanism enables national entities to directly access funds and manage the design and implementation of adaptation projects in their countries. Donors are assured that their funds are spent appropriately, as the Adaptation Fund finances every project in tranches, each one released only when the spending of the previous monies has been accounted for.

Among the inspiring initial results of   the Adaptation Fund’s activities is the mainstreaming of climate policies   it has catalyzed in many countries.

So as we could see, the ultimate objective is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system.

“A groundswell of action is happening at all levels of society. All major players came to COP19 to show not only what they have done but to think what more they can do. Next year is also the time for them to turn ideas into further concrete action,” Ms. Figueres said.

Let’s all gather and work together as one world to reduce the GHG in order to fight against the natural disasters, only by changing little daily things. Climate change is not a myth, it is a reality.

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