“NGO representatives from the US and Southeast Asian countries discussed the main ways to protect forests, land and seas at the main global forum – the COP29 climate conference held in Baku.”
Oku.Az reports that these words were written in an article published in the Russian publication “NEWS.ru”.
Experts have concluded that countries around the world lack money for green initiatives, laws and political will to solve environmental problems. As a result, the seas, land and the largest animals on the planet, whales, suffer.
At the COP29 special session on resource mobilization for environmental solutions, Douglas Heske, moderator and executive director of the “New Day Impact” project, expressed concern about the ongoing wars in the world.
“We can’t go to the future like zombies,” he said.
Julie Jankowski of Save the Soil noted that everyone should understand the connection between soil and food.
He stressed that urgent measures must be taken to protect the land.
Golam Rabbani of Bangladesh spoke at COP29 about his country’s fight against flooding, displacement and crop failure. Furthermore, the number of diseases related to climate change is increasing. Rabbani highlighted that dengue is spreading in Bangladesh.
Southeast Asia Climate Action Network representative Ruchi Chaudhary said laws to protect the environment should be adopted at COP29.
Carter Henn, president of the organization “Sea and Coast”, gave examples of the fight for clean water. In particular, he talked about the sediment filtration and stabilization project.
Douglas Heske of the Whale Rescue Center said his organization plans to create protected areas in the Southern Ocean (parts of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans surrounding Antarctica) to prevent the extreme destruction of krill, the planktonic crustaceans of whales. that whales feed on.
