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the role of bretton woods institutions in climate action cop29 | 12 nov 2024 [video] https://lnkd.in/gRrVcapN # africa economics climate debt cop29 g20 g7 brics imf wb mining trade industrial policy

👉🏾To overcome the ‘climate crisis,’ it’s necessary to ADDRESS ITS ROOT CAUSES! Above all, it requires challenging the HEGEMONIC NARRATIVE that seeks to impose it on the entire world from an unjust, racist, colonial, and Eurocentric perspective, framing it SOLELY as a climate crisis. 🎥 Excerpt from the ‘Decolonial Resistance’ conference, presented by Contre-Attaque & Autonomie as part of the STOP PILLAGE Commodities Trading Counter Summit. 📍Lausanne 2024

What is China’s position on the UN climate finance goal ? What role does it play in the negotiations? Can the world avoid a zero-sum game, amid worsening geopolitical division? Here ZI L. helps to clarify some of the most important questions in the world today https://lnkd.in/ed8NFAvC

[ICYMI] Advancing global climate resilience through EU-S.A collaboration on critical minerals value chain Addressing climate change has prompted a systemic shift toward a green global economy, especially in developing nations rich in the critical minerals that are essential for low-carbon technologies. The session will underscore the need for cross-sectoral support to enable climate resilience, and discussions will centre on the importance of the NCQG as a mechanism to channel resources effectively toward developing economies. 🔗CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR THE FULL PANEL DISCUSSION: https://brnw.ch/21wQnyL #SAinDavos2025 #WEF25 Brand South Africa

Progressing out of the inaugural #UN Loss and Damage Fund Board Meeting in #UAE follow Board Meeting 2 highlights below 👇🏽 Since the inaugural meeting, the #UN reached an agreement with #WorldBank to host the Secretariat of the Fund and hire staff to support operationalization of the Fund. A next major Board milestone is determining the host country for the Fund. Small island countries (those disproportionately affected by extreme weather disasters) ex: #AntiguaBarbuda #Bahamas #Barbados #Phillipines have submitted interest by the required deadline. The recent hurricanes decimating #PortOfSpain #Grenada #Jamaica and other countries and states like #Texas underscore the importance of this Fund and operationization #governance and #finance #UN #LossAndDamage #LocalPathways #EmergencyManagement #SDG11

About time the Global South starts putting sanctions on countries emitting more than the avg per capita emissions and eating up the entire planet’s carbon budgets. It seems that climate conflict is unavoidable now, it may happen 20 years down the line in the name of immigrant crisis, water and food wars or even access to energy resources. Better to get ahead of the curve and take pre-emptive action now. I do not put it beyond the white thugs of America and EU to bomb the life out of Global South with biological weapons to take away our food and water if they begin to starve. Climate change is an issue of national security and serious deterrents are required to be placed ASAP period.

Discover how to navigate the turbulent waters of global supply chains with Nulogy's Survival Guide. Uncover five key investment areas for external supply chains to withstand the impact of geopolitical conflicts, climate change, and economic downturns and excel in the long run. https://hubs.ly/Q02sL8-d0 #SupplyChainUS24 #GenerisASC

Geopolitical: One of the concerns’Climate Change’ Climate risk is a critical global issue with profound geopolitical implications. The impacts of climate change, ranging from extreme weather events to water scarcity, are already transforming our world. This year, it emerges as a major geopolitical risk. The escalating occurrences of severe weather events such as hurricanes and droughts are causing infrastructure damage and disrupting supply chains worldwide. Water scarcity in areas like South America and sub-Saharan Africa is not only heightening geopolitical tensions but also affecting agriculture and manufacturing sectors, leading to economic instability. Geopolitical cooperation plays a crucial role in tackling climate change. However, the reluctance of fossil fuel-dependent nations to transition to renewable energy could escalate geopolitical tensions concerning energy security.

Greenland’s critical mineral reserves and melting icecaps highlight the intensifying global competition for strategic resources in the face of climate change, exposing the geopolitical tensions and survival instincts of major powers like the United States and China. https://lnkd.in/dvSGXhm5

Climate change mainstreaming (and globalization) at work…