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Key disaster
mitigation
programs were slashed and federal funding for post-disaster relief was cut in half.
Despite an increase in funding for climate adaptation and
mitigation
in the developing world, Pakistan’s share has remained tiny, relative to the disasters it has suffered in the last five years alone.
The amounts needed for development, peacekeeping, and climate adaptation and
mitigation
will be enormous, and we have been debating for years the appropriate level of aid.
Little wonder, then, that Ed Miliband, Britain’s Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, found “impossible resistance” from China to a global carbon
mitigation
deal.
According to an independent study for the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, a dollar spent on disaster
mitigation
saves taxpayers $3.65, on average, and saves society an additional $4.
Despite the clear and mounting evidence of the cost-effectiveness of timely action to mitigate the damage storms cause, the world spends far more on post-disaster aid and reconstruction than it does on mitigation, and this is especially true in poor countries.
I am convinced that this is a misguided strategy – not only because of the uncertainty about the dangers that global warming might pose, but also because of the certainty of the damage that these proposed policies aimed at
mitigation
will impose.
Developed countries will be able to commit to reducing their emissions by 80% versus 1990 by mid-century, as many have already done, and provide the necessary financial and technology support for developing countries’ adaptation and
mitigation
efforts.
One of the UNFCCC’s top priorities is to secure financing to scale up developing countries’
mitigation
and adaptation efforts, thereby mobilizing the capacity and goodwill of historical emitters to catalyze further innovation.
For example, they can channel aid toward sectors like health care and education, where private finance is unlikely to materialize, while using ODA to attract more private-sector financing, such as through public-private partnerships or
mitigation
of investment risk.
The proliferation of backstops not only prevents risk mitigation, but actually invites even more risk.
This will change only when policymakers treat inequality more like GDP growth, health care, or climate-change mitigation: as the subject of serious debate and concrete action.
Chinarejects India’s argument that per-capita emission levels and historic contributions of greenhouse gases should form the objective criteria for carbon
mitigation.
As soon as the struggle to define criteria for
mitigation
action commences in future negotiations, this alliance will quickly unravel.
Ahead of the Paris summit, more than 160 countries submitted emissions
mitigation
pledges.
A package of R&D and
mitigation
to combat global warming30.
But it will also require increased engagement by countries, cities, and industries on three key areas: resource management, disaster mitigation, and migration.
On the other hand, the National Security Council proposes “scaling down the size of defense forces,” implying
mitigation
of the will to defend.
Other aid funds among the major donors are being redeployed for security, allotted to climate-change adaptation and mitigation, and pledged for other national goals.
In the absence of
mitigation
measures, a recession cannot be ruled out.
The IPCC also found that the cost of such a strict effort at
mitigation
would not exceed 3% of global GDP in 2030.
The world could actually enhance economic output and welfare by pursuing a path of
mitigation.
But, since the Monterrey conference, major additional development-finance needs have been identified, including aid-for-trade schemes and financing for climate-change
mitigation
and adaptation.
When the contributions of the more than 160 countries that have submitted their voluntary
mitigation
commitments – the so-called “intended nationally determined contributions” – are added up, the scale of the failure becomes evident.
Rising global temperatures and an increasingly unstable climate will influence all aspects of development and jeopardize existing investments unless adequate
mitigation
and adaptation strategies – which are also central to the new Sustainable Development Goals that the United Nations will adopt later this month – are put in place.
Pivotal to sparking this investment is the
mitigation
of associated political risks, especially through an enhanced role for the Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
And while geoengineering technologies remain mostly aspirational, there are proven
mitigation
options that can and should be implemented vigorously.
Some ecosystem services – including clean air and water,
mitigation
of extreme climate events such as floods or droughts, and recreational uses of nature – simply cannot be imported.
And yet, despite the availability of viable solutions, many countries continue to ignore the low-hanging fruit of methane
mitigation.
Whereas MFIs have expanded their offers of risk
mitigation
for investors, they overwhelmingly remain providers of debt.
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