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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;padding:8pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As the dust has settled after the conclusion of the COP26 climate talks, the global public now has a clearer picture of the outcomes of the Glasgow Climate Pact, which has been universally acknowledged as a ‘compromise deal’ that tries to keep the hope of a 1.5C warming limit alive but is faced with enormous challenges:</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NDC pledges for</span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/climate-loss-damage-earns-recognition-little-action-cop26-deal-2021-11-13/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> greenhouse gas emissions are expected to lead to a 2.4C global warming trajectory</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Announced climate finance adaptation finance only amounted to </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/climate-loss-damage-earns-recognition-little-action-cop26-deal-2021-11-13/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">$960 million</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to $1.22 billion. Monitored voluntary pledges around nature, including </span><a href="https://opinion.inquirer.net/146091/saving-whatsleft-of-our-forests" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">zero deforestation</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop26-talks-45-nations-pledge-protect-nature-climate-change-fight-2021-11-06/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">nature protection</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and </span><a href="https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1158989" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">agriculture</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, amount to around $27 billion.</span></p></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">These are a far cry from the original commitment to raise $100 billion/year, which is expected to rise to $300 billion/year by 2030. </span><a href="https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/what-does-cop26-mean-adaptation" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Only $80 billion in total was raised</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> since the Paris Agreement was promulgated in 2015.</span></p></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Banks and international finance institutions pledge </span><a href="https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/finance-day-pledges-cop26-november-3-2021" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">$130 trillion in climate finance</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, but raise fears of conditionalities and resource traps.</span></p></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Glasgow Loss and Damage Facility was established but with </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/climate-loss-damage-earns-recognition-little-action-cop26-deal-2021-11-13/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">no concrete commitments for funding</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Human rights language, expected to strengthen hard accountability, was shot down in </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/rights-groups-warn-paris-pact-rules-carbon-markets-leave-indigenous-people-2021-11-12/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the final text of the Glasgow Climate Pact</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li>
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