COP29, held from November 11-22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan, will spotlight climate finance and urgent action against global warming. Leaders, NGOs, and civil society representatives will push for updated climate plans, aligned with the Paris Agreement, to limit warming to 1.5°C. GNDR and its members are actively participating, urging inclusion and climate justice, particularly for vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by climate impacts.
GNDR staff and members are in Azerbaijan representing the voice of civil society. Follow their updates from Baku:
Thursday 14 November 2024
Averting climate risks through early warning climate information
- GNDR’s climate change lead Adessou Kossivi moderated GNDR member Women Environmental Programme’s side event: Averting climate risks through early warning climate information.
- We heard how floods and drought in Togo have a huge impact on the lives of rural women. Their resulting displacement leads to loss of livelihood. However, providing rural communities with advance climate information and guidance on its impacts helps them prepare more effectively.
- Loss of education is another, often overlooked, impact of disasters. Children are missing out of school due to floods.
- Climate-induced disasters impact vulnerable communities and leave them dependent on humanitarian aid.
- We heard an example from Malawi where early warnings are helping communities to prepare and take action. In Nigeria, communities engage with meteorological offices and establish communication with the communities who might not have access to a smartphone, as well as regular radio communication.
Signalling change: one year on from the Getting Ahead of Disasters Charter – Risk-Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP)
The event took stock of Getting Ahead of Disasters Charter‘s first year, and mapped out a course for the future.
The panel was formed of endorsers of the Charter – led by REAP, a partnership in which GNDR is part of – and highlighted approaches to change the way that they work. High-level representatives from Samoa and the UK, and other panellists representing stakeholders from Nepal, Afghanistan and FAO, participated in a discussion on how to take the Charter to scale in the coming year.