“We know the countries from the global south are more affected by the consequences of climate change”, emphasizes Siahaan. Greater support and additional finance are ways to reduce loss. Germany is taking the G7 presidency, Potzel gives more insights: “230 million US dollars were spent to prevent a locust plague in Africa, but what sounds like a huge sum, is not really enough. What should we do? We should scale up the input by countries into anticipatory action. 20% of climate induced crises are predictable, but countries currently only invest 5%. We need to convince people to invest more, and we need the right data.” The statement of the foreign minister was really a milestone, because they pledged to invest more in anticipatory action, which wasn’t easy, because many people are not sure enough about this concept.
Dr. Diana Mantel