Pasifika TV is excited to bring you coverage of the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11-22, 2024. Photo credit: COP29 Azerbaijan.
From November 11-22, Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, will host critical discussions on climate action and sustainability.
Pasifika TV is excited to bring you the COP29 Daily Show, produced by the UK’s Hi-Impact.
The Pacific region is deeply impacted by climate change, and this programme offers an accessible view into the pivotal moments at COP29.
With climate impacts inflicting growing human and economic costs in every country, every COP is a vital global moment that must deliver major progress, and COP29 is no exception.
Ambitious outcomes in Baku are vital, because unless all countries can cut emissions and build more resilience into global supply chains, no economy – including the G20 – will survive unchecked global heating, and no household will be spared its severe inflationary impacts.
What does COP mean for the Pacific?
An RNZ explainer article states the Pacific representatives often use COP as a platform to not only plead for environmental change, but for financial support to help them adapt.
During a pre-COP meeting, Fiji’s Minister Biman Prasad says the Pacific is the bedrock of the 1.5-degree target.
“The essence of our ability to overcome adversity and prosper into the future hangs in the balance until we can affirm this target can be achieved,” he says.
The Pacific is seen to be on the frontline of climate change.
Its countries are mostly collections of small islands, with coastal areas and infrastructure vulnerable to the elements.
Due to its size, isolation and unique geographical, economic and cultural characteristics, the Pacific is particularly susceptible to oceanic and weather-related challenges.
Pacific people rely heavily on the sea for their livelihood – but it is this ocean that is predicted to force relocation.
Their average elevation is one to two metres above sea level.
The World Meteorological Organization State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2023 report – released in August this year – details how sea level rise in the region is above the global average.
The Pacific Community (SPC) spokesperson, Niue’s Coral Pasisi says reaching an agreement over the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance will be critical at COP29.
“So, this is really a finance COP.
“We have to reach an agreement on the new promise.
“The previous promise is US$100 billion per annum made in Copenhagen 14 years ago now, in 2009; and the world has to agree this year on what that new quantified goal is going to be for climate finance.
“Every single activity that we need to bolster our resilience and transition as a region to a low carbon future needs to be funded by climate finance.”
Check Pasifika TV regularly for COP29 updates.
