{"id":9867,"date":"2025-11-20T16:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/?p=9867"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:30:46","slug":"sdg-news-heeta-lakhani-interviews-iisd-policy-advisor-jeffrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/zh\/sdg-news-heeta-lakhani-interviews-iisd-policy-advisor-jeffrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Live at COP30: IISD Policy Advisor Jeffrey Qi Warns Adaptation Finance Gap Could Reach $319 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

SDG News\u2019 Heeta Lakhani interviews IISD Policy Advisor Jeffrey Qi on stalled adaptation negotiations, the global goal on adaptation and why hallway diplomacy may decide this COP\u2019s outcome.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bel\u00e9m \u2014 By mid-afternoon on Wednesday, the summit\u2019s pace had shifted. Negotiators were walking faster, conversations were sharper, and the COP30 Presidency had begun taking control of the agenda items that failed to conclude in Week 1. In the middle of this pressure, SDG News Chief Correspondent Heeta Lakhani<\/strong> spoke with Jeffrey Qi<\/strong>, a Policy Advisor with the International Institute for Systemic Development (IISD)<\/strong>, who has been following adaptation negotiations minute by minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The assessment he offered was direct: the world\u2019s adaptation finance gap remains enormous, negotiations are stuck, and the outcome of COP30 may depend less on formal sessions than on what happens in the hallways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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