The highest company in the United Nations’ highest company warned business leaders that they no longer ignore the “North and South Gully” where climate change.
Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Contract, told CNBC’s largest gap in Steve SedGewick, a business commitment to supervise the business commitment to achieve sustainable development goals. “
When the United Nations Director talked about the CNBC group discussed the challenges and opportunities facing the pursuit of sculpting climate goals in the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland, UN directors warned that the split between the global northern and the southern global south caused “the tension is in the world. Within scope “between business and decision makers.
She said: “No matter you can ignore it in the world.”
A climate negotiation was held at the COP29 summit held in Babaku, Azerbaijan in November to end with quarrels. Developing countries did not have a deep impression on the financial commitment of the wealthy world.
Global Southern Leaders and Excitedists Climate Summit was furious due to a $ 300 billion financial agreementCompared with the 1.3 trillion US dollars required for climate adaptation, this is a trivial promise.
Once, representatives from poor and small island countries were frustrated by the so -called lack of inclusiveness, and countries that worried about fossils to produce fuels were seeking all aspects of transaction.
Ojiambo warned the consequences of splitting and tight situations for climate financing.
Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Contract.
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She said: “It kills enough capital flows and kills technical exchanges. This is a crushing trust.” She warned business leaders that they “could not ignore politics” and must “work in it.”
The United Nations boss added that strengthening the public and private partnership with “affordable capital” with “global south” enterprises is essential for cure for the “broken world”.
Ojiambo said that the “anxiety and anxiety” of the south of the world is attributed to “minimal emissions”, and at the same time, “the most affected by climate action”.
Climate scientist warning The rising sea level, frequent cyclone and unsafe food are the survival threat to the Caribbean and the Pacific Small Island Development countries.
The global average temperature rise by 1.5 ° C will exacerbate the floods and extreme droughts that Africa has experienced. This is the 32 place in the world’s 48 least developed countries.
Ojiambo added that scientific warnings and division have entered the world into a “turning point.”
one Report released by the United NationsEssence In 2023, the G20 countries were responsible for 76 % of global emissions.
She told the Davos group: “If we can attract a large number of large players, as long as we bring us to these goals, this is one. Then we can engage in the rest.”
Investment opportunities of “gender lens”
Gender gap may be the main opportunity for corporate leaders to achieve sustainability goals.
Katherine Garrett-Cox, CEO of GIB Asset Management CEO and CEO of CDP Worldwide, a global non-profit organization, said companies must apply “gender lens” to release financing.
She said: “Generally, female leaders of women are more concerned about this theme.” He added that improving investment “will be important.”
Garrett-Cox said: “Gender-lens investment is still very new.”
according to Gender Financial Network 2X GlobalGender lens investment accounted for nearly $ 8 billion in private markets in 2023.
