Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury underscored the imperative for developed nations to deliver on their climate commitments.
Speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Minister Chowdhury emphasized the pressing need for fostering global solidarity and trust so that the momentum created through the UAE Consensus during COP28 can be built upon and solidified.
Minister Chowdhury highlighted that commitments made at previous COPs thus far relating to emission cuts, means of implementation and adaptation finance have all been promises unkept.
Speaking at the Summit, Minister Chowdhury observed that behind terms like “adaptation gap” and “financing gap” lies the fundamental “trust gap”. He called for concerted efforts to bridge this trust deficit, asserting that COP 28 prioritized building global trust and solidarity. In pursuit of this goal and as the world prepares for COP29 in Baku later this year, Minister Chowdhury advocated for scaled up and equitable distribution of funds for adaptation and addressing loss and damage.
All actions must be aligned to science and the absolute imperative of capping temperature increase to 1.5C. He asserted that we must solve problem of climate change faster than we are creating it.