
ESG & Net Zero Summit 2022
United Nations has described Climate change as literally a change in climate, a climate which is average weather and weather is just a hazard, therefore climate change by definition does not cause a disaster but influence certain hazards, there is no doubt about humans causing climate change which has increased the frequencies of uncertain weather events and needs to be included in decision-making processes while designing infrastructure and also preserving the existing infrastructures, this cognizance requires anticipation adaptation strategies in order to make the mitigating strategies effective. The 20th century has seen unusual changes in the rise in global temperature which is highest in the last millennium and is due to anthropogenic causes (IPCC, 2005).
The Paris Agreement, the associated COP21 decisions and the results of the Lima-Paris Action Agenda are international climate policy landmarks and will set the climate policy and action agenda for years to come. The long-term aim of holding global temperature rise to well below 2°C and the pledge to attempt to hit 1.5°C, together with the long-term goals of achieving climate stability and moving trillions of dollars of investment towards resilient and low greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for action for more sustainable economies and livelihoods, calling on key climate change-related industries such as food and water to act on climate change.