Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Honduras called on the United Kingdom to “support at the highest level” at the summit of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), to be held in Scotland next November, to access Green Climate Fund in order to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country.
The request was made by the Coordinating Secretary General of Government, Carlos Madero, During a meeting she held with the UK Regional Ambassador for COP26, Fiona Clouder, in which she discussed the effects of climate change on Honduran territory.
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Minister Madero and the Secretaries of Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources, Forest Conservation and Energy, presented to Ambassador Clouder the damage that climate change has caused in Honduras in recent years, especially the devastating effects of Hurricanes Eta and Iota.
“Climate change has come to destroy the country’s growth by affecting the poor, which in turn has generated a lot of iniquity. For the previous Honduras respectfully asks the United Kingdom to help us at the highest level and be our interlocutors at the COP26 summit “, he pointed out.
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“At this conference the world needs to see what our country is suffering from droughts affecting crops in what we have called the Dry Corridor and the tropical phenomena that have devastated the national productive apparatus in the Sula Valley,” he added. the official.
The head of the Secretariat of General Coordination of Government said that if rich countries are not aware of this serious situation, climate change will continue to cause more poverty and migration, as due to the pandemic and tropical storms that affected in November 2020 the country’s socio-economic situation worsened, leading to an exodus of Hondurans to the United States.
Madero confirmed that during the COP26 the reconstruction and sustainable development plan will be presented. “We will explore alternatives that will allow Honduras, in its capacity as one of the countries most affected by climate change, better access to climate finance, especially the Green Climate Fund,” the official said.
He detailed that Honduras “aspires to establish, wants to seek strategic alliances within COP26, which will allow it to participate in the decision-making bodies of climate finance agencies, such as the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund.”
International collaboration
For her part, the UK Regional Ambassador for COP26, Fiona ClouderHe said, “We need to help countries like Honduras that are victims of climate change.”
Clouder commented that the United Kingdom wants to achieve a balance between mitigation and adaptation in countries such as Honduras. “We need all donor countries to commit to ambitious projects so that international banks can fund programs to mitigate climate change,” Clouder pointed out.
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“The voice of Honduras is vital because you as a people live the reality of climate change. International collaboration will be essential, there is a commitment that some agreements will be reached at COP26,” said the diplomat. British.
In the run-up to COP26, the UK is working with all nations to reach an agreement on how to tackle climate change. Ambassador Clouder assured that she will advocate for a Conference on Climate Change that can achieve ambitious goals on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting adaptation measures to protect communities and natural habitats, mobilizing funds for the environment and accelerate collaboration between governments, businesses and civil society to meet climate goals more quickly.