COP26: What It Will Take to be a Success

 

"One of nagging issues that has caused developing countries to be left behind in terms of above efforts to combat climate change is finance. Rich countries who have caused the overwhelming part of the adverse effects of climate change to date have benefited from their overexploitation of the atmosphere. These same developed countries have shown no willingness to give up their advantages or to let developing countries catch up. This is despite the fact that as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development reported in 2017, four-fifths of the people in the world live in developing countries. Simply put: the greed of developed countries is preventing developing countries from achieving adequate ambition on mitigation and adaptation that will allow them to contribute fully to these efforts."

 

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