DAKAR: The world’s poorest countries say they will insist that the UN’s upcoming climate talks push ahead with proposals for a fund to compensate vulnerable nations for climate-inflicted damage. In a statement issued late on Wednesday ahead of the November climate talks, they said that setting up a funding mechanism for loss and damage was of "crucial importance." Wealthy countries have previously promised billions of dollars to help poorer nations avert carbon emissions and build resilience against climate change. It wants the upcoming talks to establish a mechanism to provide funding. "Countries are being left to fend for themselves" in the face of climate damage, Senegalese Environment Minister Abdou Karim Sall told reporters.

Source: The Nation September 16, 2022 04:09 UTC