Ɖ Gardịn vy on Cop27: ɖs z no tîm fr aṗʈi or cmplesnsi
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 15 Nov. 2022)
Ɖs edtorịl cōlñ fr ax́n fṛm wrldlīdrz on ɖ clîṃtcrîsis z publiśt tde bî mor ɖn 30 mīdịorġnîześnz in mor ɖn 20 cuntriz
Tyzde 15 Nvmbr 2022
Clîṃtćenj z a globl probḷm ɖt rqîrz cooṗreśn btwn ol neśnz. Ɖt’s ẃ tde mor ɖn 30 nyzpeprz n mīdịorġnîześnz in mor ɖn 20 cuntriz hv tecn a comn vy abt ẃt nīdz t b dn. Tîm z runñ ǎt. Rɖr ɖn gtñ ǎt v fosilfylz n intu clīn eṇji, mni wlʈi neśnz r riinvstñ in ôl n gas, felñ t cut imiśnz fast inuf n haglñ ovr ɖ ed ɖe r priperd t snd t pur cuntriz. Ol ɖs ẃl ɖ planit hrtlz twdz ɖ pônt v no rtrn – ẃr clîṃtceos bcmz irivrsbl.
Sins ɖ Cop26 YN clîṃtsumit in Glazgo 12 munʈs ago, cuntriz hv onli promist t d wn-fiftiiʈ v ẃt z nīdd t ste on trac t cīp tmpṛćrz wɖn 1.5S v priindustrịl levlz. No continnt hz avôdd xtrim-weɖr dzastrz ɖs yir – fṛm fludz in Pacistan t hītwevz in Yṛp, n fṛm foristfîrz in Ostreła t huṛcenz in ɖ YS. Gvn ɖt ɖz cem abt fṛm eḷvetd tmpṛćrz v abt 1.1S, ɖ wrld cn xpct far wrs t cm.
Az mni neśnz sīc t rdys ɖer rlayns on Ruśa, ɖ wrld z xpirịnsñ a “goldruś” fr ny fosilfyl projects. Ɖz r cast az tmprri s’plîmeźrz, bt ɖe risc locñ ɖ planit intu irivrsbl damij. Ol ɖs unḍlînz ɖt hymaṇti hz t end its adix́n t fosilfylz. F rnywbl eṇji wz ɖ norm ɖr wd b no clîṃt imrjnsi.
Ɖ wrld’z purist ppl wl ber ɖ brunt v ɖ dstrux́n rīct bî drǎt, mltñ îsśīts n cropfełrz. T śīld ɖz grūps fṛm ɖ los v lîf n lîvlihdz wl rqîr muni. Dveḷpñ cuntriz, sz wn influenśl rport, nīd $2tn ańli t cut ɖer grīnhǎs-gas imiśnz n cǒp wɖ clîṃtbrecdǎn.
Rić cuntriz acǎnt fr jst wn in et ppl in ɖ wrld tde bt r rsponsbl fr haf v grīnhǎs gasz. Ɖz neśnz hv a clir moṛl rsponsbiḷti t hlp. Dveḷpñ neśnz śd b gvn inuf caś t adres ɖ denjṛs cndiśnz ɖe dd litl t criet – ispeṣ́li az a globl rseśn lūmz.
Rić neśnz śd dlivr on ɖ promis v prīvịsli cmitd fundz – sć az ɖ $100bn a yir fṛm 2020 – t signl ɖer sirịsnis. Az a bér minimm, a windfōl tax on ɖ cmbînd profits v ɖ larjist ôl n gas cumṗniz – esṭmetd at olmst $100bn in ɖ frst ʈri munʈs v ɖ yir – nīdz t b inactd. Ɖ Ynîtd Neśnz wz rît t cōl fr ɖ caś t b yzd t s’port ɖ most vulnṛbl. Bt sć a levi wd onli b ɖ start. Pur neśnz olso cari déts ɖt mc it imposbl t rcuvr aftr clîṃt-rletd dzastrz or pṛtct ɖmslvz fṛm fyćr wnz. Creditrz śd b jenṛs in raitñ of lounz fr ɖoz on ɖ fruntlîn v ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi.
Ɖz meźrz nīd nt wêt fr coorḍnetd inṭnaśnl ax́n. Cuntriz cd implimnt ɖm on rījnl or naśnl levlz. A neśn’z kḿḷtiv imiśnz mst b ɖ besis v its rsponsbiḷti t act. Ẃl prîṿt fînans cn hlp, ɖ oṇs z on big historicl imitrz t stump p ɖ muni.
Solvñ ɖ crîsis z ɖ mūnśot v ǎr tîmz. Gtñ t ɖ mūn s’xidd wɖn a deced bcz hyj rzorsz wr dvotd t it. A similr cmitmnt z nīdd nǎ. Bt an ic̣nomic crîsis hz rdyst rić cuntriz’ aṗtît fr spendñ, n ɖ planit riscs biyñ trapt in fosilfyl dpndns bî a rirgard ax́n v big biznis. Yt jrñ ɖ pandemic, sntṛl bancs acrs ɖ wrld lūbṛcetd stets’ xpndićr bî bayñ p ɖer ǒn guvnmnts’ bondz. Ɖ triłnz v dolrz nīdd t dīl wɖ ɖ īc̣lojicl imrjnsi dmand sć radicl ʈncñ rtrnz.
Ɖs z no tîm fr aṗʈi or cmplesnsi; ɖ rjnsi v ɖ momnt z upn s. Ɖ YN Fremwrc Cnvnśn on Clîṃtćenj mst b abt ɖ pǎr v arğmnt nt ɖ arğmnt v pǎr. Ci t mntenñ ɖ cnsnss in Ījipt z nt t let dspyts ovr tred n wor in Ycren bloc globl clîṃt dploṃsi. Ɖ YN proses me nt b prfict. Bt it hz pṛvîdd neśnz wɖ a targit t sev ɖ planit, ẃć mst b psyd at Cop27 t stev of an xistnśl risc t hymaṇti.
