{"id":47707,"date":"2022-12-02T14:27:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T14:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=47707"},"modified":"2022-12-02T14:40:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T14:40:56","slug":"dont-fail-us-climate-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/12\/02\/dont-fail-us-climate-weekly\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Don’t fail us’ – Climate Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Don’t fail us.” That was the message on some of the placards brandished by campaigners at Cop27 demanding rich countries pay into a loss and damage fund.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh delivered<\/a> what vulnerable countries had asked for: a decision to establish a bespoke fund to help climate victims recover from disasters.<\/p>\n

But as Mohamed Adow, a long-time campaigner in the UN climate process and director of Power Shift Africa, put it<\/a>: the fund is currently an empty vessel.<\/p>\n

“The next task is to get money flowing through it to the frontline communities that need it.” And on that, the message from the climate frontlines stands: “Don’t fail us.”<\/p>\n

Who pays into the fund has become the next explosive question to be resolved between now and Cop28 in the UAE.<\/p>\n

It’s about attributing blame for the cumulative impact of coal, oil and gas burnt since the industrial revolution and working out who is in a position to pay.<\/p>\n

Rich countries want to spread the burden beyond countries classed as “developing” under the UN climate convention in 1992.<\/p>\n

To find out who should be on the hook, Joe Lo crunched the numbers<\/a>. Spoiler, China doesn’t make the list<\/a>. And rich countries, notably the US, which are still not putting enough climate cash on the table could make the biggest difference.<\/p>\n

This week’s news…<\/strong><\/p>\n