Statement delivered by Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations

V20 MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE VIII- 21 April, 2022

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10:00 pm Dhaka time/12:00 pm Washington DC time

Statement delivered by Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations

Ms. Amina J. Mohammed

Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations

Excellency Mustafa Kamal,

Minister of Finance of Bangladesh,

Ministers of the V20,

Colleagues,

The urgency of adapting to the consequences of climate change and the need to dramatically scale up financing for adaptation to support developing countries is painfully familiar to all of us present today.

Especially to you, as Ministers, that urgency is ever-present as you attempt to make impossible decisions between servicing debt or improving agricultural productivity, whose growth has slowed globally over the past 50 years because of climate change. Or as you stretch your domestic budget to support populations exposed to acute food and water insecurity.

The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is unequivocal:

Climate change today is causing severe, widespread, and increasingly irreversible impacts in all regions around the world. And it is disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable. Make no mistake: the damage is already deadly and costly. I call on all actors to deliver on the four adaptation finance priorities of the Secretary-General:

First, developed countries need a roadmap by COP27, showing how to deliver on the doubling of adaptation finance as agreed at COP26 and as a step toward achieving 50 percent of climate finance allocated to adaptation.

Second, for multilateral development banks and development finance institutions: take concrete measures to ease access to finance for vulnerable countries, including middle-income countries, and announce concrete steps at the 2022 G20 Summit at the latest.

Third, for developed countries, multilateral development banks, dedicated climate funds and private actors: work jointly to accelerate turning adaptation priorities as identified in Nationally Determined Contributions or National Adaptation Plans into pipelines of investable projects for adaptation by COP27.

Finally, to all: support the Secretary-General’s initiative tasked to the World Meteorological Organization to ensure 100% coverage of early warning systems globally within 5 years.

I count on you to support the most vulnerable as we develop renewable, inclusive, and climate-resilient economies.

Thank you.

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