Stuart Leiderman leiderman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: leiderman: careless-publishing department: haitian climate
action costs don't compute
See the second paragraph, below. Who was it that said, "Once you get up
in those high numbers, what difference does it make, give or take a
billion"? Deja vu PetroCaribe?
Nonetheless, this seems like an important study group, worth getting on
board.
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https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29178-haiti-environment-assessment-of-needs-in-climate-technologies-in-the-country.html
Environment : Assessment of needs in climate technologies in the country
04/11/2019 08:37:00
Climate change is one of the major challenges of the 21st century "[...]
climate disturbances affect us all as much as we are. [...] We are
fighting a battle for our lives. But it's a battle we can win," Antonio
Guterres, UN Secretary-General.
"Do not act today in the face of climate change would cost Haiti 3
billion US until 2025, while adaptation would require only 261 million
over the same period. Thus, adaptation to climate change would save the
country 1.5 billion USD in 2025 by comparing it to the cost of
inaction," said Joseph Jouthe, Minister of the Environment.
According to a Report (2018) on the gap between needs and prospects for
reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the effort of everyone,
especially the private sector, combined with the untapped potential of
innovation and green financing could fill the gap between global GHG
needs and prospects.
As part of the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement, the Technology Needs
Assessment (TNA) project, recently launched in the Ministry of
Environment and funded to the tune of $132,000 for a period of 16
months, is particularly aimed at the development of an action plan
likely to promote the introduction and adoption of environmentally sound
technologies.
Nélan Sylvaince, the project coordinator, points out that the project
unfolds in different phases: in-depth analysis and prioritization of
technologies; assessment of potential barriers to the transfer of
priority technologies and analysis of potential market opportunities at
the national level.
For Minister Jouthe, the start of the project will allow the Ministry to
lay the foundations for the establishment of sectoral working groups on
the various themes "This project of assessment of technological needs of
the country will also help us to clarify our needs in climate
technologies and to develop an action plan for their introduction and
adoption in key socio-economic sectors, such as agriculture, water
resources, energy, forestry..."
HL/ HaitiLibre
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