Climate Politics
Africa Wants Climate Reparations Now and Debt Help, Creecy Says
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South Africa Environment Minister Barbara Creecy
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South Africa Environment Minister Barbara Creecy called for immediate financial aid for developing countries hit by climate disasters, laying the bill at the door of the US and Europe’s richest nations.
Wealthy countries should provide aid through a so-called loss and damage mechanism, and multilateral development banks should be recapitalized to provide more finance to tackle global warming, she said on the sidelines of the COP27 international climate summit in Egypt.