[Courtesy]For the United Nations’ new climate chief, the fight is personal. Rich polluting countries will have to pay to help poorer countries that are climate victims, like his, he said. High-emitting countries reimbursing poorer, vulnerable nations — called “loss and damage” in the world of climate negotiations — is now so important it is one of four pillars of the fight against climate change. Stiell is living out of a hotel in Germany, where the U.N. climate agency is based, until international climate negotiations in Egypt in November. And incremental progress isn’t going to provide us with the transformational shifts that we need,” Stiell said.

Source: Daily Nation September 24, 2022 22:10 UTC