Analysis: As leaders head to Egypt for the U.N. Climate Change Conference, The Post worked with experts to craft a climate change report card for the world.
, the current national commitments put the world on track to warm between 2.4 and 2.6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Scientists say this would lead to a hellish future marked by unbearable heat, escalating disasters and widespread hunger and disease.According to Climate Action Tracker, not a single major polluter has adopted an NDC compatible with the most ambitious goal of the Paris climate agreement: limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
, rather than helping vulnerable nations adapt to changes that are already wreaking havoc. Because adaptation measures such as sea walls and drought readiness are potentially less profitable than wind farms and solar panels, they don’t attract as much private investment — making communities especially dependent on public funds. In Glasgow, rich nations committed to double funding for adaptation by 2025.
Some 11 countries and the European Commission have committed to spend at least half of their climate finance on adaptation. President Biden hasBut several major development banks have yet to announce any plans on this topic. And leaders from low-income countries remain concerned that too much finance is coming in the form of loans, rather than grants — leaving them and their descendants to deal with long-term debt as they confront an increasingly dangerous climate that they did little to create.
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