Climate Politics
South Africa Lays Out Climate Demands to Rich Polluters Ahead of COP27
- Minister wants progress on Loss and Damage funding mechanism
- Rich nations’ $100 billion annual pledge should be a ‘floor’
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Developing nations expect rich countries to commit more funding to adapt to global warming and a financing mechanism to help them cope with natural disasters when they meet at the COP27 climate summit in November, South African Environment Minister Barbara Creecy said.
Creecy was one of the prominent African voices before the COP26 event in Glasgow last year. She’s demanded affluent nations that have emitted the bulk of the world’s climate-warming gases commit more assistance to those most affected by the impact of rising temperatures.