“We heard that the US might withdraw from the ( Paris ) Agreement. If it happens, it will be negative for the world environment area. This is a worry, ” said Dr Ching Thoo Ki, the secretary-general of Malaysia’s Ministry Of Natural Resources And Environmental Sustainability.
In battling climate change, the Global North must be good with the Global South.
“Put away all the political issues, rely on what is on the table today, and this is climate change. The ice are melting. Sea rates are rising. So it’s happening, ” he said.
The Philippines is a key person in helping countries that suffer the most from weather impacts get more funding for a Loss and Damage Fund. It is currently hosting the fund’s table.
The Philippines must remain rational as we move forward, according to Ms. Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.
“The common sense, I think, for the Philippines is that we move on, ” she said.
“Of program, there are political, geostrategic considerations to every decision that we make, but we know how resilient we are, and so our paths will generally stay on track. ”
Mr. Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, Indonesia’s new minister for surroundings, did not directly comment on the influence of Mr. Trump’s re-election, but he did raise questions about the lack of cooperation and improvement in climate diplomacy in the current political climate.
With the COP29 chance, we hope that all nations will open themselves up to taking bold, achievable actions. If all countries can work together, then it will be easier to achieve results that can be agreed globally, ” he said.
We will only have a discussion that will stop in nothing if we get to sucked into it and continue to build and emit greenhouse gases. ”