The Commonwealth Secretariat has launched a discussion paper under the CommonSensing Project to enhance a nascent, yet important, conversation that is taking place around the world. Climate-vulnerable and developing countries struggle to access climate finance to implement climate action: could the use of Earth Observation data increase the quality of climate finance proposals
Billed as a ‘super year’ for climate diplomacy, international efforts to address the climate crisis in 2020 were among the myriad processes affected by COVID-19. Amid worldwide travel restrictions and lockdown measures, climate diplomacy moved to virtual mode.
At a preparatory meeting for ULAB s planned virtual convocation, I suggested that we use the iconic image of Keanu Reeves dodging many bullets in the
Matrix trilogy as our promotional campaign. After all, our motto this year is against all odds , which chimes with Reeves ( Neo in the movie) slo-mo tackling of a flurry of bullets. The pandemic has made us take shelter in a virtual world as we try to protect ourselves from the multifrontal attack of the ever-evolving virus. Everyone laughed, and my suggestion was nothing more than a glitch in the system just like déjà vu is a glitch in the matrix the simulated reality that makes humanity unaware that artificial intelligence has actually taken over the world. Not everyone shares their likings of the same movies; unfortunately, thanks to a global crisis, we all share the same predicaments.