Extreme heat events should be named to combat climate change, a spokesman at the United Nations climate change conference, also known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, said on Wednesday. [emphasis, links added]
The summit kicked off on Monday with speakers proposing a tax on the meat and dairy industries and a “climate finance” initiative for less developed countries.
One of the speakers was Helen Mountford, CEO of the ClimateWorks Foundation; Describes the need for “innovative approaches” to combating climate change.
“This summer, in response to the Secretary-General’s call for action on the extreme heat, We initially offered $50 million to help support action in this area, and we will look to do more,“Mountford told a group at the meeting.
“I would like to suggest three specific areas where I think we can really help move this agenda forward.
“One is, as the United Nations system comes together and works together… to provide some research and data, to support some of this, to provide funding – to provide funding for pilots and heat action plan evaluations in key countries Help support access to additional public and private funding in these countries. So here's one.
“The second question is really, given the urgency and the unprecedented nature of what we're seeing with extreme heat, We need to be open to different, many different approaches.
“We need to test quickly, try things out, learn from them, keep moving forward, take risks and keep innovating,” Mountford said. “One example right now is naming extreme heat events, which I'm pleased to continue to support.”
Natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires are often named for tracking purposes and to simplify reporting, but the National Weather Service claims Weather patterns such as heat waves have historically not been named because they are “highly correlated” NPR reported earlier this year.
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