The YMCA may be fully booked, but this week, the fun place to be is in the negotiations on the NCQG, along with tomorrow’s HLMD.
At the SB meetings in June, ECO wrote a little song to bolster the efforts of delegates working on the NCQG.
We’ve reproduced it here, with some updates – it’s guaranteed to keep you humming until the closing plenary. Hopefully, the lyrics will motivate developed country delegates to recognize that pledges to the L&D Fund will ring hollow if developed country Parties can’t agree that loss and damage should be a dedicated part of the NCQG, not just adaptation and mitigation.
(Verse 1)
Parties, there’s a place you must go,
We say Parties, where public finance must flow,
We say Parties, get your thinking head on
For NCQG at the C-O-P.
Parties, it must be needs-based and strong,
We say Parties, the time to delay has now gone.
We say Parties, science-led is the best,
For the goal to pass the smell test.
(Chorus 1)
It’s fun to work on the N-C-Q-G,
With clear sub goals that all must agree;
NAPs and NDCs, L and D,
You can succeed in your C-O-P.
(Verse 2)
Parties, whose historic responsibilities abound,
We say Parties, with so much climate risk around,
We say Parties, public finance is the quest,
This is C-B-D-R at its best.
Parties, it’s not a political outcome we seek
We say Parties, instead ambition must peak
Through public finance, we’ll support the drive,
Accountability, ensuring progress will thrive.
(Chorus 2)
It’s fun to work on the N-C-Q-G,
With clear sub goals that all must agree,
Get loss and damage addressed,
With balance for adaptation and the rest,
And mitigation fit for 1.5 degrees.