Posted on 03/09/2020 6:50:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
In 2016, the Commonwealth established a Climate Finance Access Hub, based in Mauritius, and providing regional services as well. The hub helps small and vulnerable countries access international sources of climate finance, has already assisted the financing of several projects in smaller countries, and is there to provide capacity development, knowledge management, and technical expertise.
The idea of the hub is excellent, but the ambition clearly needs to be much greater to tackle climate change on a much wider basis with increased support.
The climate emergency is predicted to have a major effect on many Commonwealth nations, plus likely huge job losses as traditional work is increasingly displaced by automation, a much greater danger to countries who lack diversified economies and strong enough education systems for retraining.
It is estimated $90 trillion will be spent globally on infrastructure by about 2030. Our futures and those of our children depend on wise spending choices that will safeguard the environment and limit climate change impacts.
As many Commonwealth citizens face catastrophic impacts of climate change through sea level rise, extreme weather, droughts, and scarcity of water and other resources, there can be nothing so important to the young of the Commonwealth and indeed the world that these challenges are faced with extraordinary common purpose.
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emergency ? what emergency ? ,LOL
Does anyone know exactly what commonwealth this article refers to? The picture above the article has far too many flags to be specific. I assume that readers familiar with the author would be able to figure it out.
The European Union.
Republicans need to send a more forceful message that there is no man-made global warming problem. Stop arguing “There is a problem but we can fix it cheaper than they can,” i.e., the modern National Review approach.
“....Emergency? What emergency? LOL....”
The “emergency” is that the communists are running out of money and gotta do something to fleece the “unwashed masses” out of trillions. It’s this stupid climate BS and confiscation of IRAs/401ks, whatever will be left of em, once they finish destroying the economy, of course.
LOL, the Coronavirus may be taking care of that for us, especially if the ChiComs cut production.
The ‘yewwwwwee’.
Give us all your money and live like you were in the Dark Ages and we will Control the Weather??
No, it's the 54 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations (most of them former territories of the British Empire), which couldn't be more different.
I agree with giving “climate change” to the Commonwealth.
Non-existent problems should be given to useless outfits to “solve”
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