Environment: losses and damages estimated at $428 billion per year by 2030, according to Emmanuel Seck
The program coordinator at Enda Energie who presented a communication during the information and exchange workshop on the key issues of the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) and perspectives organized by Enda Energie on Thursday October 21 2021 in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, spoke widely on the theme: “Loss and damage at COP26: challenges and perspectives”. An “increase in temperature in the Sahel of 3°C to 6°C, twice as rapid as in any other part of the world, is expected, which will exacerbate droughts, contribute to a reduction in river flow, floods and waves. heat, locust invasions, agricultural losses and recurrent food crises,” said Emmanuel Seck, citing a document from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) published this year (2021). “Over the past decade, extreme weather and climate disasters have killed more than 410,000 people and affected 1.7 billion people worldwide,” argued M; Seck who argued that "economic damages to developing countries due to loss and damage have been estimated at $428 billion per year by 2030 and up to $1.67 trillion per year by 2050 at 3°C of global warming. According to him, no concrete decisions have been taken within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) providing clear guidance on financing the prevention, minimization and management of losses and damage. Speaking on the negotiation points, the program coordinator at Enda Energie spoke of the creation of the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) to “address losses and damages associated with the impacts of climate change, including extreme events and slow-onset events in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Emmanuel Seck also spoke on the “recognition by the Parties of the need to avoid losses and damage linked to the harmful effects of climate change, in particular extreme weather phenomena and phenomena which manifest slowly, to reduce them to a minimum and remedy them, as well as the role played by sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage. Furthermore, the creation of the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage (SNLD) under the WIM to avoid, minimize and address losses and damages associated with the adverse effects of climate change, in order to catalyze the technical assistance of organizations, organizations, networks and experts concerned, for the implementation of relevant approaches at the local, national and regional levels, in developing countries which are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of climate change is also hidden by the expert. Regarding the issues and perspectives, he calls for “adopting a decision aimed at making loss and damage a permanent item on the agenda of climate negotiations; establish a loss and damage financing mechanism with new and additional financing for losses and damages. This mechanism would allow funding to be channeled to meet the needs of vulnerable developing countries regarding loss and damage.” Mr. Seck finally called for “ensuring the full operationalization of the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage by fulfilling its mandate of action and support for vulnerable developing countries; include loss and damage in discussions on the new post-2025 financing target, with new and additional sources and levels of financing and encourage the inclusion of loss and damage as a central element of long-term strategies on climate change and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Moctar FICUU / VivAfrik
