Digital Payments Hold the Key to Climate Resilience
Digital-payment systems could provide the scalability, accountability, and rapid-response capabilities needed to tackle the climate crisis. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai is an opportunity for the international community to extend these essential services to the regions most affected by climate change.
MANILA – Over the past 60 years, temperatures in Asia and the Pacific have increased faster than the global average. The region is home to six of the ten countries most affected by climate-related disasters, with rising temperatures disrupting food systems, damaging economies, and destabilizing societies. My country, the Philippines, is a prime example.